Redpanda announced its acquisition of CloudHut, the creators of Kowl, a popular web UI for streaming data platforms, and plans to rename it Redpanda Console, integrating it deeply into Redpanda's ecosystem. This acquisition aims to enhance the developer experience by providing a user-friendly interface for managing Apache Kafka topics, consumer groups, and real-time data exploration. Kowl will remain open-source with a Business Source License, while Kowl Business as a standalone product will be discontinued. The Redpanda Console will support all existing Apache Kafka installations, and users will not experience disruption during the transition. Redpanda also acquired Kminion, a Kafka-to-Prometheus metric exporter, which will continue under the Apache 2.0 license. Redpanda is inviting the community to join its Slack channel and explore job opportunities as it expands its platform capabilities.