Kubectl Get Context May 2026

alias k-get-ctx='kubectl config get-contexts' Then, just before hitting kubectl apply -f payment-fix.yaml , he ran it again. The asterisk still shone beside prod-dallas . Good. No last-minute surprises.

Carefully, he switched to the staging environment: kubectl get context

That night, Vlad added a sticky note to his monitor: And from that day on, not once did he deploy staging YAML to prod—or worse, to the do-not-touch cluster that, rumor had it, still ran the original prototype of the cat planter checkout flow from 2018. alias k-get-ctx='kubectl config get-contexts' Then

The rollout succeeded. No downtime. No angry alerts. to the do-not-touch cluster that