If developing locally with k8s would likely be a better workflow, are any of these options better than the others for that?
I usually only reach for it when I am building out a helm charm for a project and want to test it. Otherwise docker-compose is usually enough and is less boilerplate to just get an app and a few supporting resources up and running.
One thing I have been wanting to experiment with more is using something like Tilt [1] for local development. I just have not had an app that required it yet.
[0] https://k3d.io/ [1] https://tilt.dev/
The biggest benefit there is no need to have a docker compose or have other resources running locally you just can run the test cases if you have docker installed. [0] https://github.com/ory/dockertest