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 # Contributing Code or Documentation
 
-To work on this project, you need a Kubernetes cluster accessible via `kubectl`. It can be a local cluster based on
+To work on this project, you need a Kubernetes cluster accessible via `kubectl`.
+It can be a local cluster based on
 [Minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/learning-environment/minikube/),
-[Kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/) or even a remote cluster hosted
+[Kind](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/),
+[Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop) or even a remote cluster hosted
 on AWS / GCP / Azure / Oracle Cloud / etc.
 
 ## Setting up the environment
@@ -38,6 +40,20 @@ Note: In case you want to use other than default Kind cluster name `kind`, run t
 ./setup-kubernetes.sh <CLUSTER_NAME>
 ```
 
+### Docker Desktop
+
+Ensure Kubernetes is enabled in Docker Desktop preferences and build the example services docker images:
+
+```shell script
+./gradlew clean dockerBuild --refresh-dependencies
+```
+
+Then in a separate shell, run the kubernetes proxy:
+
+```shell
+kubectl proxy
+```
+
 ## Running all the tests
 
 The test suite is composed of: