2014

I've Joined Vimeo

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I've got some great news - I've joined the team at Vimeo! My first day was yesterday and I'm already so excited about working here. I'm tasked with improving the search platform, and I can't wait to immerse myself in this role…
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Elasticsearch 1.0 launched: An overview.

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This is the day that everyone in the Elasticsearch community has been waiting for: Elasticsearch v1.0 has been officially launched and is available to download and use right now! 1.0 makes massive leaps forwards, and proves that Elasticsearch really does go beyond 'just search'. Elasticsearch has been production-ready for a long time now, but I'm sure the 1.0 milestone will help see even mor…
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Elasticsearch Snapshot Restore Overview

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Elasticsearch v1.0 has nearly arrived. I recently wrote about the new Elasticsearch Aggregations feature, but that's not the only new addition to Elasticsearch v1.0: The Snapshot and Restore API is another useful new feature. It's available to preview in version 1.0-beta-2, so I've been having a play to see what we can expect from it.…
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