The MongoDB Podcast

In this episode we’re talking about all things sizing - clusters, sharing, indexing and we’re joined by Jan Srniček of Global Logic. 

We first came across Jan via his talk from MongoDB world, where he spoke about the journey he and his team took in understanding how to reduce usage & cost - all the while keeping performance and responsiveness high. 

In this episode, Jan talks about his journey with MongoDB, moving from Cosmo DB to MongoDB. Initially they stood up their own on-prem MongoDB database to learn more, but then soon realised that moving to Atlas was key, particularly as they could host on Azure.

For Global Logic's client, Catalina, Jan manages everything from small clusters with a few hundred records all the way up to a system of 7 clusters with over 5Billion data records!So he know’s all about scaling - and teaches us some lessons he’s learnt along the way. He illustrates that if you only scale one large cluster (e.g with Autoscaling on), your database never gets a break! However, if you have smaller clusters, all autoscaling, along with predictable traffic patterns visualised by using Atlas metrics UI and performance advisor, you can analyse usage and re-organise structure appropriately.

Ultimately, understanding the workloads in your application and dividing those across clusters all working together is key to application performance.

Ján Srniček - https://www.linkedin.com/in/j%C3%A1n-srni%C4%8Dek-4a3b826b

Global Logic - https://www.globallogic.com/

Catalina - https://www.catalina.com/

MongoDB - https://www.mongodb.com/

MongoDB Atlas has a new command-line interface and on today's episode of the podcast, Michael Lynn interviews Bianca Lisle, and Jakub Lazinski to learn about how this new interface works and what developers can accomplish using it.

• [1:21] Bianca Lisle Introduction
• [1:33] Jakub Lisinski Introduction
• [5:23] Jakub describes the Atlas CLI and functionality
• [6:58] What's the difference between the Atlas Admin API, and the Atlas CLI?
• [9:56] How to get started with Atlas CLI
• [24:15] Roadmap for Atlas CLI

MongoDB is pleased to announce the release of the new “Learn MongoDB'' course, created together with Codecademy. Hosted on the Codecademy platform, the course teaches students the basics of MongoDB and how to perform CRUD operations, query and analyze data, and create and use indexes. With interactive tutorials and quizzes throughout, developers in the “Learn MongoDB” course can educate themselves on the breadth of MongoDB’s developer data platform and learn best practices for building applications on top of MongoDB. And by completing additional coursework on the programming language of their choice on Codecademy, early-career developers can learn how to code across the full application stack. This is a free, self-paced course that takes approximately eight hours to complete.

In this episode, Shane McAllister is joined by Melanie Williams & David Patlut from Codecademy to talk more about Codecademy and how this partnership and collaboration came about and what users can expect to learn if they choose to undertake this course.

Links - 

Learn MongoDB Course - https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-mongodb 

Codecademy Platform - https://www.codecademy.com/learn 

MongoDB University - https://university.mongodb.com/

Luce Carter shares details of her journey to becoming a highly successful Conference Speaker, and Developer Advocate. You may find it surprising to learn that someone on the Autistic Spectrum and who was diagnosed with ADHD has managed to become so successful in this role. She attributes the kindness of friends in the tech community who introduced her to programming and specifically C#.

Conversation Highlights

• [1:50] Luce Introduction
• [2:54] Luce talks about her specialization on the Developer Relations Team
• [4:14] Luce previously worked as a Developer and in QA
• [7:24] Luce credits learning C# as saving her life
• [12:09] What Luce wishes others knew about Autism
• [16:27] Luce explains the "spoons" theory
• [18:00] Luce talks about AD/HD and Imposter Syndrome
• [21:37] Luce talks about the book she's writing
• [25:17] Luce gives advice

Madhup Mishra of Hitachi Vantara speaks about his roles and responsibilities as the company's Head of Product Marketing for its data platform Lumada. MongoDB Principal Developer Advocate and host, Mike Lynn and Madhup talk about how Hitachi Vantara is utilizing MongoDB in their data management efforts, as well as what it takes of the team responsible for keeping that software updated internally.

Conversation highlights:

• [02:59] Madhup Mishra and Hitachi Vantara
• [04:07] What Madhup is up to at MongoDB World 2022
• [05:18] Hitachi Vantara's background and Madhup's focus in product marketing and data management
• [06:58] Lumada Data Ops
• [07:53] Providing consulting services to large-scale enterprises
• [09:04] MongoDB's integration with Lumada Data Ops many different layers
• [11:16] Positive business outcomes for customers
• [13:38] 50% of the time is data manipulation
• [14:23] Get in touch with Madhup

In this conversation from the MongoDB World Series event, Steve Westgarth speaks with MongoDB Principal Developer Advocate and host, Mike Lynn about his role at Haleon and how the company is leveraging MongoDB products, including Atlas. Haleon's mission is to empower everyday health, and while the company operates with a startup mentality, it was formerly part of GSK, and is a divestiture from the company.

Conversation highlights:

• [01:46] Steve Westgarth of GSK, Haleon
• [02:58] MongoDB and GSK's relationship, implementation in Haleon
• []05:38 Haleon as a divestiture and its startup mentality
• [06:40] Haleon's mission for everyday health
• [08:59] How Haleon will leverage MongoDB and Atlas
• [11:16] The great resignation and challenges facing engineering leaders
• [14:15] What Steve wants you to know about Haleon

LuminPDF was founded in 2014 as a better way for people to annotate and collaborate on PDF files.

On this episode, we chat with Max Ferguson, Founder & CEO of LuminPDF, to learn more about building LuminPDF as a student and his lessons about growth and startup experiences, as well as how LuminPDF uses MongoDB Atlas.

LuminPDF and MongoDB Blog Posts

• https://www.luminpdf.com/blog/scaling-for-success-how-lumins-partners-are-super-charging-our-platform/

Conversation Highlights:

• [01:23] LuminPDF
• [02:08] Pandemic growth
• [03:07] Where did the idea come from, and how it came together
• [05:09] LuminPDF's capabilities and how data is stored in MongoDB
• [07:09] What the MongoDB infrastructure looks like for Lumin
• [08:16] Running a company for the first time
• [09:24] Advice to other founders
• [11:45] Max's relationship with coding nowadays
• [12:27] Python, MongoDB, and products in the portfolio
• [15:14] What's next in the pipeline
• [17:12] A great experience with MongoDB, and the Lumin API

In this special episode, Developer Advocate intern Cedric Clyburn speaks with other interns at MongoDB about their experience and focus areas.

Conversation highlights:

• [01:18] Natalie Chwalk, Campus Recruiting Program Manager
• [05:43] Rohan Chhaya, Developer intern
• [09:03] Sahi Muthyala, Atlas Growth Team intern
• [13:43] Paul Romo, Marketing intern

Our sixth conversation from the MongoDB World Series features Olivier Proulx from ChargeHub. Oli's goal as a Co-founder of ChargeHub is to create a roadmap of charging stations for electric vehicle drivers, and in doing so make it easier for people to adopt the technology. In today's conversation, MongoDB Principal Developer Advocate and host, Mike Lynn talks with Oli about the ins and outs of electric vehicles, ChargeHub's business model, how it leverages MongoDB, and more.

Conversation highlights:

• [02:38] Meet Ollie, co-founder of ChargeHub
• [03:26] Electric vehicle range and using ChargeHub to navigate between power
• [05:57] The origin of ChargeHub
• [06:34] Getting data for charging stations as a third party
• [07:19] ChargeHub's business model and revenue streams
• [09:21] How ChargeHub leverages MongoDB in their stack
• [10:57] Taking advantage of queryable encryption
• [13:42] Aiding the climate crisis by using electric vehicles
• [16:37] The MongoDB Startup Program

In our fifth conversation from MongoDB World 2022, MongoDB Principal Developer Advocate and host, Mike Lynn talks with Simcha Coleman of Inspirit about building a metaverse for learning. Inspirit aims to empower Magic School Bus-like education experiences, where participants are fully immersed in a three-dimensional landscape. Throughout the conversation the two discuss Inspirit's stack and how MongoDB is aiding in the team's mission.

Highlights of the conversation include:

• [04:36] Simcha Coleman and Inspirit are building a metaverse for education
• [08:12] Inspirit and STEM
• [10:43] Creeping towards a unified metaverse
• [12:24] MongoDB and Inspirit's stack
• [13:41] Authoring capabilities
• [14:47] Harnessing a world of models and considering business models
• [16:32] The MongoDB startup team and talking about the experience collaborating
• [18:40] Changes to the education landscape and staying strong