On the contrary, I don't see this tool as lazy at all. I find it indispensable, I always have it running in a Tmux pane. No Kubernetes admin should be without, it's a real gem.
Shout out to Fernand and the other contributors for all the work they've put into it, thanks!
I take umbrage to "lazier" though. Especially since k9s' themselves considers themselves "a kubernetes CLI To manage your clusters in style". Sort of derogatory editorializing.
They are quite different tools. k9s gives you an interactive environment that allows for discoverability and real-time inspection. It's not just for running commands, it's for visually navigating the entire state of the cluster. Personally I find it an invaluable learning tool; I can dig into all corners of the cluster with a few keystrokes and get instant feedback without memorizing the equivalent hundereds of kubectl commands.
As a really fast general typist (doubly so for CLI) and with all the fancy `fish` autocomplete plugins for kubectl installed, it's still annoying to type out/complete names of various resources / labels / whatever you need for kubectl.
And yeah I have `kubectl` abbreviated as `kc` in `fish`.
I use OpenLens and this is exactly my sentiment. For someone who isn't fluent with kubectl, these tools are a wonderful way to approach the matter, but if you have learnt kubectl first, which is my case, then this brings you to "unlearn" it
I'm a huge fan of k9s and we use it quite a bit at Argonaut.
I'm unaffiliated with the tool except as a user and a tiny sponsor, and I'd encourage users who are willing and able to sponsor this amazing tool as well.
I met Fernand at the first ElixirConf. Lovely dude, had a lot of fun hanging out. Chatted a few times since then, always a treat. I use his software 100 days a year
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Shout out to Fernand and the other contributors for all the work they've put into it, thanks!
I take umbrage to "lazier" though. Especially since k9s' themselves considers themselves "a kubernetes CLI To manage your clusters in style". Sort of derogatory editorializing.
(k9s is well built though.)
And yeah I have `kubectl` abbreviated as `kc` in `fish`.
But maybe that's what you want from a tool - something so good it essentially replaces the previous way you were doing something?
I'm unaffiliated with the tool except as a user and a tiny sponsor, and I'd encourage users who are willing and able to sponsor this amazing tool as well.
To be honest I do not miss a single bit of `kubectl` skills.