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Blog Post: Risky Operations in Elasticsearch and OpenSearch.

When operating large search clusters with heavy traffic, there are certain risky operations you should avoid. In this post, we present a comprehensive list of these operations to raise awarness and help you avoid footguns.

Oct 1, 2025

Risky Operations in Elasticsearch and OpenSearch.

Risky Operations in Elasticsearch and OpenSearch.

When operating large search clusters with heavy traffic, there are certain risky operations you should avoid. In this post, we present a comprehe…

Oct 1, 2025

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Managed Elasticsearch and OpenSearch on Fly.io with Bonsai

Managed Elasticsearch and OpenSearch on Fly.io with Bonsai

Securely bring your Bonsai managed Elasticsearch and OpenSearch clusters to your Fly.io deployments!

Sep 12, 2025

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How to really scale autocomplete

How to really scale autocomplete

A straightforward guide to scaling an autocomplete solution in Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.

Jul 18, 2025

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How to really do autocomplete

How to really do autocomplete

The first and only straightforward guide for implementing a good autocomplete solution in pure Elasticsearch or Opensearch, because all the other…

Jun 6, 2025

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Surviving the AI Mandate.

Surviving the AI Mandate.

It happened. The decision was made, and the directive has come. You have to ship "AI" in the next quarter or two. Now what?

Apr 25, 2025

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Winning the Relevancy Game

Winning the Relevancy Game

Set yourself up for success to make real forward progress when tuning search relevancy.

Mar 25, 2025

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Query Sampling for Relevancy Testing

Query Sampling for Relevancy Testing

When testing for relevancy, is it best to test against the most frequently asked queries, or to choose a subset of queries that may not include t…

Jan 28, 2025

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Adding Semantic Search to Elasticsearch/OpenSearch with MistralAI Embeddings

Adding Semantic Search to Elasticsearch/OpenSearch with MistralAI Embeddings

Add semantic search to Elasticsearch/OpenSearch with MistralAI embeddings.

Dec 5, 2024

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Supercharge Your NestJS App with Hosted Search

Supercharge Your NestJS App with Hosted Search

Bring search capabilities to your NestJS app using Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.

Sep 16, 2024

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Heroku and Bonsai, a Winning Search Combination

Heroku and Bonsai, a Winning Search Combination

Bonsai on Heroku supports the Heroku workflow – because that’s how we work too.

Sep 15, 2024

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Search 101: Event Queue, Streaming and Buffering Best Practices

Search 101: Event Queue, Streaming and Buffering Best Practices

Learn best practices for creating a stable and performant search deployment.

Aug 15, 2024

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Introducing Bonsai's Terraform Provider for Elasticsearch and OpenSearch

Introducing Bonsai's Terraform Provider for Elasticsearch and OpenSearch

Get started using Bonsai with Terraform!

Aug 7, 2024

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