About the author
Drew Tate is a software engineer at Elastic focused on the intersection of human-computer interaction and language tooling. He brings a background in frontend architecture, developer experience, and software for analysts. He’s passionate about building fast, intuitive systems that empower both users and developers.
Author's articles
May 22, 2026
Kibana cuts dashboard load time by up to 25% - here's the polling strategy behind it
Find out how Kibana uses continuous polling and browser-side HTTP/2 detection to cut dashboard load times by up to 25%, with automatic fallback on HTTP/1.
May 22, 2025
How we rebuilt autocomplete for ES|QL
Discover how we rearchitected an autocomplete engine for ES|QL to support language evolution instead of resisting it.