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I initially thought you were the author of Zinc, but based on your comment history you're trying to build a logging SaaS replacement or something, which based solely upon its documentation is ALSO not ES API compatible, so I don't know how to interpret your reply

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I guess I misread your comment... my apologies. What I'm building is more a replacement for Splunk: on-prem log analytics. As you point out, it is not compatible w/Elasticsearch in any way.

> What I'm building is more a replacement for Splunk

Wow, you really are swinging for the fences, then. I wish you all the best, because running Splunk is terrible, and ripe for replacement, but its search featureset and UX are massive so I hope you are laser focused on who the target audience is for your product

Thanks! Would love to know more about your experience running Splunk... Can I reach out to you?

Looking for some small niche... Industrial, automotive, even garbage truck monitoring :-) I'm not looking to build a massive public company or anything either... More a lifestyle business. We'll see.

Sure, just submit a "Ask HN: What is your experience running Splunk?" and point me to it. I'm sure you'll get all kinds of horror stories aside from mine

I asked a slightly different question, but I'd love to hear about your experience running Splunk: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34412176

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