Elastic Search 8.12: Making Lucene fast and developers faster
Blog post from Elastic
Elastic Search 8.12 introduces significant advancements for developers, enhancing search experiences with improved performance and relevance by leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning models. Built on the fastest release of Apache Lucene, version 9.9, this update enhances popular integrations like Amazon S3, MongoDB, and MySQL, and allows for easier management of embeddings through a simplified inference API. kNN search is now available as a query type, and the platform supports new native connectors for services such as Google Cloud Storage and Salesforce, with additional improvements like document-level security. Elastic Search 8.12 is hosted on Elastic Cloud, offering users the latest features and optimizations, while also supporting self-managed deployment options through Elastic Stack and Kubernetes.
| Trend | Post Mentions | Total Month Mentions | Posts | Companies | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vector Search | 9 | 1,692 | 211 | 78 | +87% |
| RAG | 2 | 1,360 | 163 | 55 | +97% |
| Developer Experience | 1 | 355 | 157 | 84 | +61% |
| Kubernetes | 1 | 1,735 | 182 | 74 | +40% |
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