System Requirements:
This system has many complex and subtle depdendencies.
In its current state, the system will run out-of-the-box (directly from the repo) on a linux Ubuntu Jammy system.
The codebase is compatible with MacOS, however, many of the intricacies of minikube, port forwarding, and virtual environments are less straightforward.
If time is a consideration, and one wishes to run this system, I would recommend a Virtual Machine with a minimum of 12 GB, and 4 VCPU on a X86/AMD64 compatible microprocessor running linux Jammy.
On my todo list will be to author such an image and make a virtual image available.
If time permits I will configure the system for other platforms (OSX, Windows etc, and test accordingly).