[jackpeterfletch]

They're trying to leverage the advantages the terminal brings:

- Portable API.

- A directory context, stack based workflow, in which unrelated programs are be executed together.

While working through the major disadvantages 'traditional' terminal apps have:

- Lack of visual hints, memory prompts, discoverability in the UI design.

Those disadvantages aren't a problem for everyone, have stood in awe of many a terminal wizard as they fly through tasks that would take me much longer, terminal or not - and if that's you, you have my envy.

But for me, my brain just isn't wired to be able to quickly recall all the flags, shortcuts, workflows, and other nuances of 30+ terminal apps, of varying usage frequency.

That's why I like k9s as alternative to kubectl, it guides me, reminds me. Could 'k9s' be a native GUI? Of course, but it probably wouldn't exist if it had to be.

So I hope there's room for both!