K9s has improved its visualization capabilities by integrating more detailed graphs and views. It now offers better representation of logs and metrics and is more flexible in how it displays custom resources (CRDs). The operations on pods have been expanded and include greater integration with debugging tools (e.g., kubectl debug) and enhanced support for multi-cluster environments. Support for CRDs has significantly improved and now provides better navigation and management of these resources as well as smoother interaction with custom resources. The shortcuts panel has also been enhanced to make it more accessible for developers who are less experienced with kubectl. This is a significant improvement, as K9s initially focused primarily on DevOps teams.
We continue to be ardent supporters of infrastructure as code, and we continue to believe that a robust monitoring solution is a prerequisite for operating distributed applications. Sometimes an interactive tool such as the AWS web console can be a useful addition. It allows us to explore all kinds of resources in an ad-hoc fashion without having to remember every single obscure command. Using an interactive tool to make manual modifications on the fly is still a questionable practice, though. For Kubernetes we now have k9s, which provides an interactive interface for basically everything that kubectl can do. And to boot, it's not a web application but runs inside a terminal window, evoking fond memories of Midnight Commander for some of us.
