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Ignacio Vera Sequeiros

Principal Software Engineer I

Author's articles

Speed up vector ingestion using Base64-encoded strings
Vector DatabaseInside Elastic

February 4, 2026

Speed up vector ingestion using Base64-encoded strings

Introducing Base64-encoded strings to speed up vector ingestion in Elasticsearch.

JFBTIS
By: Jim Ferenczi, Benjamin Trent and Ignacio Vera Sequeiros
Introducing a new vector storage format: DiskBBQ
Inside ElasticVector Database

October 23, 2025

Introducing a new vector storage format: DiskBBQ

Introducing DiskBBQ, an alternative to HNSW, and exploring when and why to use it.

BTJWIS
By: Benjamin Trent, John Wagster and Ignacio Vera Sequeiros

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