Making Kubectl PowerShell friendly (no Crescendo, no JSON)
summary
Claim: kubectl outputs PowerShell objects without no Crescendo wrappers or no JSON parsing by intercepting kubectl stdout, inserting semicolons, ConvertFrom-Csv and attaching PS type names. Built a ~40‑line module called Special K (v0.2.1 published, 0.3 beta coming) that preserves kubectl syntax and table formats via auto‑generated format files. It works for common commands and enables left‑side filtering but has gotchas: all properties are strings, some flags like -o wide and namespaces are not fully handled, and it targets PowerShell 7+.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:30kubectl and PowerShell mismatch
- 7:05Special K module
- 10:16Parsing kubectl output
- 19:05String vs integer gotchas
- 26:55Automating output formats
- 31:49Filtering with kubectl
- 40:36Summary and availability
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