We Build a Kubernetes Dashboard. AI Agents Might Make It Obsolete.
The honest bear case against our own product: if agents operate the cluster, who needs the UI? Here's what actually dies, and the job that gets bigger.
Radar Blog13 min read
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Radar MCP vs kubectl: A Kubernetes Agent Benchmark on 50 Faults
The same model diagnosed 50 live Kubernetes faults 3x faster on average through Radar's MCP server than through raw kubectl, with slightly higher accuracy. What we measured, why it happens, and where Radar still loses.
Radar Blog9 min read
The 3am Test: Autonomy Levels for AI Agents in Kubernetes Operations
Kubernetes already fixes things at 3am without asking. Six levels for deciding what an AI agent gets to do in your cluster - and what should still wake you.
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Radar v1.8: Applications, Rebuilt Navigation, and Helm Upgrade Tracking
Radar v1.8 adds an Applications view, rebuilt navigation and search, richer Helm operations, large-cluster performance improvements, and Prometheus over MCP.
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MCP for Kubernetes: Live Cluster Context for AI Tools
Pointing an AI at raw kubectl works, badly. Radar's built-in MCP server gives Claude, Cursor, and friends a token-optimized, RBAC-aware view of your cluster.
Radar Blog9 min read
Migrating from Lens and OpenLens in 2026
A practical migration guide for Lens and OpenLens users: what changed, when to move, and how to switch to Freelens, Headlamp, k9s, or Radar.
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The Best Kubernetes Dashboards in 2026 (Including Our Competitors)
Seven Kubernetes UIs ranked by use case, plus a sourced capability matrix covering sixteen - by a team that builds one of them. Every claim dated and linked.
Radar Blog14 min read
Why Radar Cloud Doesn't Cache Your Cluster State
Most multi-cluster dashboards copy your cluster state into a backend cache. Radar Cloud doesn't. Here's why the reverse-proxy model is the right call.
Radar Blog8 min read
Agents, UIs, and CLIs: The False Choice in Kubernetes Operations
Kubernetes ops spans three surfaces: CLI, UI, and AI agent. kubectl is fine, but a live cluster graph deserves better than raw YAML - for humans and agents alike.
Radar Blog11 min readRadar's In-Cluster Architecture: Outbound-Only, Scoped, Live by Default
How Radar's in-cluster install works: outbound-only TLS, read-only RBAC by default, ~32MB RSS. The five questions every platform team asks, answered.
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Radar OSS or Radar Cloud? An Honest Take on When to Use Each
The most common question in our GitHub issues: do I need Radar Cloud, or is OSS enough? Here's the honest answer, with the five questions that actually decide it.
Radar Blog8 min read
Introducing Radar Cloud: Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Visibility for Teams
Radar Cloud is the team layer on top of Radar OSS: fleet views, Google and GitHub sign-in on every plan, K8s-native RBAC via impersonation. Current cluster state is read live, not replicated.
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Five Questions You Can't Answer With kubectl
kubectl hands you one object at a time, as raw YAML. Here are five questions - relationships, isolation, image contents, history, posture - where that runs out of road.
Radar Blog9 min read
Cluster Audit: The 31 Checks That Catch What You Forgot
Most clusters fail the same checks. Radar's built-in audit runs 31 of them inline against your live state. Inspired by Polaris and the NSA / CISA hardening guide.
Radar Blog8 min read
The Fleet Visibility Gap: Why Teams With 5+ Clusters Hit a Wall
Every tool that worked at 2 clusters breaks at 8. kubectl, Lens, k9s, Headlamp are all single-cluster-at-a-time. Here's where the wall is and what it looks like.
Radar Blog9 min readWhat We're Building in 2026: Radar OSS and Radar Cloud
Two shipping dates, one product line. Radar OSS in January, Radar Cloud in February. Here's the scope, the split, and what won't make it into v1.
Radar Blog9 min read
Introducing Radar: Modern Kubernetes Visibility
Radar is an open-source Kubernetes UI with a built-in MCP server for AI agents. Run it locally against any kubeconfig or deploy it in-cluster with Helm.
Radar Blog9 min read
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