[UMetaGOMS]

Cannot upvote this enough. I'm sure a frequent Java user will come along to tell me how easy it is - but at this point I'm not interested in delving into their world. If a new application I'm looking at is a single binary I can drop on my system (a la Go/Rust) then great - otherwise it has to be something I really need for me to not just resort to "whatever is in the package manager, or find a different solution".

[francislavoie]

I avoid ElasticSearch for that reason.

[avinassh]

Which alternative you use/prefer instead?

[francislavoie]

I'm still trying to figure that out honestly, but https://www.meilisearch.com/ is pretty sweet. Doesn't cover everything ES can do obviously, but it covers a big one.

[a_imho]

If you use Docker or similar for deployment you can have ~static executables ootb.