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Jan Kuipers

Principle Software Engineer I

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Fast approximate Elasticsearch ES|QL - part II
ES|QL

April 17, 2026

Fast approximate Elasticsearch ES|QL - part II

Explaining the approach we use to obtain fast approximate Elasticsearch ES|QL queries and the testing we did of error estimation.

TVJK
By: Thomas Veasey and Jan Kuipers
Fast approximate Elasticsearch ES|QL - part I
ES|QL

April 16, 2026

Fast approximate Elasticsearch ES|QL - part I

Introducing the work we've done on a fast approximate querying mode for Elasticsearch ES|QL. In many cases, it allows us to achieve orders of magnitude latency reductions while providing accurate estimates.

JKTV
By: Jan Kuipers and Thomas Veasey

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