flisk.sh is a CLI. You describe each service in one service.json . flisk up writes the local wiring and starts that part of the product on your machine. Docker runs the containers. Tilt live-updates them as you code. Flisk writes the files those two consume: Dockerfiles, Traefik routes, env files, and the Tiltfile. You do not maintain a Compose file for this. You do not boot Kubernetes to change a button. It is not a deploy tool. Production stays on Helm, or on whatever you already ship w...