# April 13, 2026
A systems-level deep dive into Lucene's write path: how IndexWriter buffers changes, creates segments, handles updates and deletes, distinguishes flush from commit, and enables near-real-time visibility.
# April 13, 2026
A systems-level deep dive into Lucene analysis: char filters, tokenizers, token filters, token metadata, analyzer design trade-offs, and why index-time and query-time analysis must be aligned.
# April 12, 2026
A deeper look at Lucene document modeling: how to represent one logical record with multiple fields, when to use TextField vs StringField, and how stored fields, DocValues, and point fields support different query patterns.
# April 12, 2026
A deep dive into Lucene's inverted index: term dictionaries, postings, positions, offsets, field separation, phrase queries, skip data, and why these structures make search fast.
# April 25, 2025
Dive into Apache Lucene's architecture, indexing and searching pipelines, document modeling, field types, and the analysis pipeline. This is the first part of a multi-part series on mastering Lucene.