MongoDB $weeklyUpdate #102 (January 27, 2023): AWS Lambda Functions, Go, and a PACKED February Calendar!
Tags: mongodb, serverless, php, go
Published: 2023-01-27 17:11:09

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

### [Streaming Data from MongoDB to BigQuery Using Confluent Connectors](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/atlas/mongodb-bigquery-pipeline-using-confluent/)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/tpeugvbqx2kvmgdtnam9.png)

In this article, Venkatesh Shanbhag and Ozan Güzeldereli explain how to set up the MongoDB cluster, Confluent cluster, and Confluent MongoDB Atlas source connector for reading changes from your MongoDB cluster, BigQuery dataset, and Confluent BigQuery sink connector.

### Other Shout-Outs

#### ➡️ [UDF Announcement for MongoDB to BigQuery Dataflow Templates](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/atlas/mongodb-dataflow-templates-udf-enhancement/) by Venkatesh Shanbhag and Dianna Annie Jenosh

## 🗓️ 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:

[Chicago MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/chicago-mongodb-user-group-february-meetup/209225): February 1st 2023, 3:30pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Hyderabad MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/hyderabad-mug-demystifying-serverless-mern-stack/209473): February 3rd 2023, 10:30pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Lebanon MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/lebanon-mug-build-your-own-blockchain-db-with-mongodb/210091): February 11th 2023, 9:00am – 11:00am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[PHP UK](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/php-uk/197766): February 13th 2023, 3:30pm – February 16th 2023, 3:30pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Dallas MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/dallas-mongodb-february-meet-up/209059): February 15th 2023, 4:00pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Build & Design a Complete Airline Reservation System with MongoDB/Golang](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/build-design-a-complete-airline-reservation-system-with-mongodb-golang/210666): February 18th 2023, 9:00am – 11:30am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Confoo](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/c/user-groups/11/l/calendar?end=2023-03-05&start=2023-01-29): February 20th 2023, 3:30pm – February 24th 2023, 3:30pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Munich MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/munich-mug-mongodb-user-group-meets-google-developer-group/209920): February 23rd 2023, 9:30am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[ng-India (Angular India)](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/ng-india-angular-india/208015): February 24th 2023, 6:30pm, (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 @nraboy, @lucecarter1, @dfreniche, and @megangrant333.     

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Be sure you [subscribe to YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/MongoDBofficial?sub_confirmation=1) so you never miss a video.

## 🎇 Great Things in the Community

We started the new year off strong by running a retrospective with our global MUG organizers, asking them what they liked/lacked/learned from the past year.

![MUG organizers](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/6yddgamm0tbw6u8mx0e9.png)

Henna Singh also ran the Dublin MUG and the event was an absolute blast!

![Dublin MUG](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/e6isyw9om2d9ddodjn9f.jpg)

We always have a great time at in-person events. :-) 

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