The text explores three tools—Draft, Skaffold, and Garden—designed to aid developers in deploying, testing, and managing applications on local Kubernetes clusters. Draft, developed by Microsoft, simplifies the deployment process by auto-generating necessary configuration files and automatically synchronizing code changes with the cluster, making it ideal for beginners. Skaffold, from Google, offers a more flexible approach by functioning as a mini CI/CD tool, supporting various integrations and working with plain Kubernetes manifests. Garden introduces a unique concept of an application graph to manage dependencies, offering features beyond local deployments, such as hot deployments and dependency tracking, making it a more advanced option. These tools aim to enhance developer productivity by streamlining the local development workflow and providing rapid feedback loops.