

Depends entirely on what “Production” means. In a corporate environment it means something completely different from a homelab
If you’re doing this for real, you’d have two identical environments.
If it’s playing with Docker or Kubernetes, you don’t need anything more than a VM with Linux and Docker.
If you want to get serious, you can also set up a sandbox on EC2.
I think that likeability and presidency are not really related or relevant. I think that’s more about getting elected.
I think that leadership is about building and shaping the world into a place where everyone can feel safe and loved.
It’s about security and stability, about having an idea of what you want it to look like, being able to articulate that and then make it happen.
That kind of leadership seems to be in short supply and getting rarer.
I’m not sure why.