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Date Published
Author
Boaz Leskes
Word count
1368
Language
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None

Summary

Sense, initially conceived during a hackathon brainstorming session, is a tool designed to facilitate interactions with Elasticsearch's REST API, which traditionally relied on cumbersome terminal commands. The project started as a Chrome Extension to offer a more user-friendly and automatically updating interface, gradually evolving with features like a History Panel and multiple request handling, thanks in part to community feedback and collaboration. As Sense gained popularity, it was integrated into Marvel, Elasticsearch's management and monitoring solution, where it benefited from professional development support and underwent significant enhancements, including the development of a unified suggestion engine. With the release of Sense 2.0 as an open-source Kibana app, it now aligns with Kibana's vision as a flexible application platform, offering improved features such as support for Elasticsearch 2.0, multiple request execution, and the ability to copy and paste commands in a streamlined manner.