Philipp Krenn
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Philipp Krenn
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🎩 of DevRel & Developer 🥑 at Elastic — posts about Elasticsearch, Kibana, search, observability, security
overall it's not bad but I feel like there is not enough need / space left between
* kibana: all the features, console is IMO easier for power users, no app needed
* something like postman: more generally usable, app if you like local apps or don't have kibana, wide ecosystem of request collections
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I'm not sure how intuitive I find the query at the bottom and the result on top. also it feels like a lot of clicking around for "viewer" vs "REST, the tabs, HTTP methods and query / body / settings
though multiple tabs, saving requests, templates,... are kind of neat
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
started elasticsearch only with start-local for a quick test
nice that it supports no auth, basic auth, and API keys. and you can store various connections
ℹ️ since I rotate my local installations around a lot (with random API keys), I'm not storing them but just go for the "ask every time"
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM