Blog of Iraklis Psaroudakis

Iraklis Psaroudakis

I am Iraklis Psaroudakis, a.k.a. “kingherc” on the internet. I work remotely as a Principal Software Engineer at Elastic. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science, at the DIAS lab of EPFL. This is my personal website that serves as my blog and a way to express myself.

Optimizing Elasticsearch Serverless shutdowns with hollow indexing shards

October 24, 2026

I’m excited to share some of my recent work contributing to the evolution of Elasticsearch Serverless! I had the pleasure of leading the design and implement...

Rebalancing with Interactive Brokers demo at DevStaff

May 13, 2026

I had the pleasure of speaking at a recent meetup hosted by DevStaff.gr, an open developers community based in Crete. As a member of their organizing team, I...

Software Developer Job Hunting Tips presentation at Devstaff

February 11, 2026

I had the pleasure of speaking at a recent meetup hosted by DevStaff.gr, an open developers community based in Crete. As a member of their organizing team, I...

Serverless Elasticsearch: The Architecture Transformation from Stateful to Stateless paper at SoCC ‘25

November 19, 2025

I am excited to share our latest paper publication, titled “Serverless Elasticsearch: The Architecture Transformation from Stateful to Stateless”, presented ...

Elasticsearch Serverless: the Transition from Stateful to Stateless presentation at Devoxx Greece 2025

April 11, 2025

In April 2025, Devoxx Greece hosted another successful event in the Athens Megaron International Conference Center. It was an honor to be again one of the sp...