Make running integration tests easier

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -6,6 +6,28 @@ Thank you for contributing! Just a few tips here:
 2. Run the test suite (e.g. `pgbench`) to make sure everything still works. The tests are in `.circleci/run_tests.sh`.
 3. Performance is important, make sure there are no regressions in your branch vs. `main`.
 
+## How to run the integration tests locally and iterate on them
+We have integration tests written in Ruby, Python, Go and Rust. 
+Below are the steps to run them in a developer-friendly way that allows iterating and quick turnaround.
+Hear me out, this should be easy, it will involve opening a shell into a container with all the necessary dependancies available for you and you can modify the test code and immediately rerun your test in the interactive shell.
+
+
+Quite simply, make sure you have docker installed and then run
+`./start_test_env.sh`
+
+That is it!
+
+Within this test environment you can modify the file in your favorite IDE and rerun the tests without having to bootstrap the entire environment again.
+
+Once the environment is ready, you can run the tests by running
+Ruby:   `cd /app/tests/ruby && bundle exec ruby <test_name>.rb --format documentation`
+Python: `cd /app && python3 tests/python/tests.py`
+Rust:   `cd /app/tests/rust && cargo run`
+Go:     `cd /app/tests/go && /usr/local/go/bin/go test`
+
+You can also rebuild PgCat directly within the environment and the tests will run against the newly built binary
+To rebuild PgCat, just run `cargo build` within the container under `/app`
+
 Happy hacking!
 
 ## TODOs