I recently got back into search after not touching ES since like 2012-2013. I forgot how much of a fucking nightmare it is to work with and query. Love to see innovation in this space.
Let me introduce you to my friend "query string syntax" <https://opensearch.org/docs/2.17/query-dsl/full-text/query-s...> where one only has to deal with a very little bit of outer JSON-ification and then go back to using search syntax like we used to have in the good ole days before all the engines killed them off
I feel like it’s not that bad to interact with if you do it regularly, but if I go a while without using it I forget how to do everything. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to admin an instance.
Work with, however, you're spot on