MongoDB Primary Keys Are Your Friend

All documents in a MongoDB collection have a primary key dubbed _id. This field is automatically assigned to a document…

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MongoDB to CSV

Every once in a while, I need to give a non-technical user (like a business analyst) data residing in MongoDB;…

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ElasticSearch on EC2 in Less Than 60 Seconds

Curious to see what all the ElasticSearch hubbub is about? Wanna see it in action without a lot of elbow…

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The Democratization of Search

Over the past year and a half, I’ve watched ElasticSearch grow from a seemingly part-time code experiment into a thriving…

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Comprehending the Mobile Development Landscape

There’s no shortage of mobile growth statistics, but here’s a few specific ones paint an overall picture of mobility: Roughly…

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MongoDB From the Trenches: Masochistic Embedded Collections

MongoDB supports rich documents that can include, among other things, embedded documents. This feature embodies a has-a relationship quite nicely…

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Modeling Mongo Documents With Mongoose

Without a doubt, one of the quickest ways to build an application that leverages MongoDB is with Node. It’s as…

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MongoDB From the Trenches: Prudent Production Planning

While starting out with MongoDB is super easy, there are few things you should keep in mind as you move…

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