Blog — Biswajit Nath
Technical writing on Apache Solr, distributed systems, search infrastructure, and software engineering at scale.
TB-scale data doesn't forgive inefficient queries. Here's what building high-performance search with Apache Solr taught me about engineering for scale.
Published: 2026-07-20 · 4 min read
Tags: Solr, Apache Solr, Cyber Security, SIEM
Modern autocomplete isn't just a database query. It's a carefully optimized pipeline powered by Lucene's inverted index, Finite State Transducers (FST), compressed posting lists, intelligent caching, and distributed search architecture.
Published: 2026-07-21 · 5 min read
Tags: Solr, Elastic Search, Autocomplete
That single question sent me down one of the deepest rabbit holes I’ve had while working with Apache Solr.
Published: 2026-07-21 · 5 min read
Tags: Solr, Elastic Search, Lucene, SIEM
We’re building search. Should we use Solr or Elasticsearch?
Published: 2026-07-21 · 5 min read
Tags: Solr, Elastic Search, Lucene, SIEM