diff --git a/website/content/en/docs/development-guide.md b/website/content/en/docs/development-guide.md
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--- a/website/content/en/docs/development-guide.md
+++ b/website/content/en/docs/development-guide.md
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ weight: 80
 
 The following tools are required for contributing to the Karpenter project.
 
-| Package                                                            | Version  | Install                |
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ---------------------- |
-| [go](https://golang.org/dl/)                                       | v1.15.3+ | [Instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install)   |
-| [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/) |          | `brew install kubectl` |
-| [helm](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/)                        |          | `brew install helm`    |
-| Other tools                                                        |          | `make toolchain`       |
+| Package                                                            | Version  | Install                                        |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
+| [go](https://golang.org/dl/)                                       | v1.15.3+ | [Instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install) |
+| [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/) |          | `brew install kubectl`                         |
+| [helm](https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/)                        |          | `brew install helm`                            |
+| Other tools                                                        |          | `make toolchain`                               |
 
 ## Developing
 
@@ -38,38 +38,38 @@ make delete # Uninstall Karpenter
 * It's also a good idea to persist `$CLOUD_PROVIDER` in your environment variables to simplify the `make apply` command.
 
 ### Build and Deploy
-```
-make dev                                  # build and test code
-kubectl create namespace karpenter        # create target namespace for deployment
-CLOUD_PROVIDER=<YOUR_PROVIDER> make apply # deploy for your cloud provider
+*Note: these commands do not rely on each other and may be executed independently*
+```sh
+make apply # quickly deploy changes to your cluster
+make dev # run codegen, lint, and tests
 ```
 
 ### Testing
-```
+```sh
 make test       # E2e correctness tests
 make battletest # More rigorous tests run in CI environment
 ```
 
 ### Verbose Logging
-```bash
+```sh
 kubectl patch configmap config-logging -n karpenter --patch '{"data":{"loglevel.controller":"debug"}}'
 ```
 
 ### Debugging Metrics
 OSX:
-```bash
+```sh
 open http://localhost:8080/metrics && kubectl port-forward service/karpenter-metrics -n karpenter 8080
 ```
 
 Linux:
-```bash
+```sh
 gio open http://localhost:8080/metrics && kubectl port-forward service/karpenter-metrics -n karpenter 8080
 ```
 
 ### Tailing Logs
 While you can tail Karpenter's logs with kubectl, there's a number of tools out there that enhance the experience. We recommend [Stern](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/planetscale/stern#section-readme):
 
-```bash
+```sh
 stern -l karpenter=controller -n karpenter
 ```
 
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ stern -l karpenter=controller -n karpenter
 ### AWS
 Set the CLOUD_PROVIDER environment variable to build cloud provider specific packages of Karpenter.
 
-```
+```sh
 export CLOUD_PROVIDER=aws
 ```
 
 For local development on Karpenter you will need a Docker repo which can manage your images for Karpenter components.
 You can use the following command to provision an ECR repository.
-```
+```sh
 aws ecr create-repository \
     --repository-name karpenter/controller \
     --image-scanning-configuration scanOnPush=true \
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ aws ecr create-repository \
 
 Once you have your ECR repository provisioned, configure your Docker daemon to authenticate with your newly created repository.
 
-```
+```sh
 export KO_DOCKER_REPO="${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}.dkr.ecr.${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}.amazonaws.com/karpenter"
 aws ecr get-login-password --region ${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION} | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin $KO_DOCKER_REPO
 ```