Mostly I want a quick glance at the state. I don't really do much using cockpit. It is read only for me and I'm using command line to do anything. I like that cockpit is generally mobile friendly because I can use it remotely as all my machines are on tailscale/headscale.
If you haven’t tried this out yet, you can also download terminal apps that let you ssh from your phone, and that’ll be easy to get going with Tailscale already set up.