MongoDB $weeklyUpdate #101 (January 20, 2023): Interacting with MongoDB in an AWS Lambda Function Using Go!
Tags: serverless, go, rust, mongodb
Published: 2023-01-20 19:06:17

It's Friday. You know what that means…

## 🎉 Welcome to the MongoDB $weeklyUpdate! 🎉

Each week, we bring you the latest and greatest from our Developer Relations team — from blog posts and YouTube videos to meet-ups and conferences — so you don’t miss a thing.

## 💻 What’s Up on Developer Center?

Everything you see on [Developer Center](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/) is by developers, for developers. This is where we publish articles, tutorials, quickstarts, and beyond. 🚀

### Featured Post

### [Interact with MongoDB in an AWS Lambda Function Using Go](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/languages/go/interact-aws-lambda-function-go/)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/pu7n66uflt07webxph5t.png)

In this tutorial, @nraboy shows you how to create a serverless function using the Go programming language and how that function will connect to and query MongoDB Atlas in an efficient manner.

### Other Shout-Outs

#### ➡️ [Schema Performance Evaluation in MongoDB Using PerformanceBench](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/mongodb/schema-performance-evaluation/) by Graeme Robinson

#### ➡️ [Getting Started with MongoDB and C++](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/mongodb/getting-started-mongodb-c/) by @therish2050 

## 🗓️ Mark Your Calendars

Every month, all across the globe, we organize, attend, speak at, and sponsor events, meetups, and shindigs to bring the DevRel community together. Here’s what we’ve got cooking:

[Nairobi MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/nairobi-mug-jkuat-university-event/205832): January 20th 2023, 10:30pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[MUG Berlin Meetup](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mug-berlin-meetup/204624): January 24th 2023, 10:00am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Dublin MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/dublin-mug-in-collaboration-with-react-dublin/204388): January 25th 2023, 10:00am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time

## 🎙️ Stop, Collaborate, and Listen

If reading’s not your jam, you might love catching up on our [podcast episodes](https://open.spotify.com/show/0ibUtrJG4JVgwfvB2MXMSb) with @mlynn and Shane McAllister. 

*Latest Episode*
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And here's the previous episode, in case you missed it:

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Not listening on Spotify? We got you! We’re also on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mongodb-podcast/id1500452446), [PlayerFM](https://player.fm/series/the-mongodb-podcast), [Podtail](https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-mongodb-podcast/), and [Listen Notes](https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-mongodb-podcast-mongodb-0g6fUKMDN_y/). (We’d be forever grateful if you left us a review.)

Catch the latest on YouTube with @jdortiz!  

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## 🎇 Great Things with MongoDB University

We are proud to welcome our first group of MongoDB enthusiasts from India to our learning and certification program supported by our newly launched MongoDB University. Our brand-new, self-paced, and on-demand courses will help them learn MongoDB and take the certification exam (for free!).

![Mongodb-university-1](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/f40cz48c056f1smfghz8.jpeg)

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That’ll do it for now, folks! Like what you see? Help us spread the love by tweeting this update or sharing it on LinkedIn.