MongoDB $weeklyUpdate #109 (March 24, 2023): MongoDB x Gaming Startups!
Tags: mongodb, node, beginners, programming
Published: 2023-03-24 16:15:58

It's Friday! You know what that means...

## 🎉 Welcome to the MongoDB $weeklyUpdate! 🎉

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## 💻 What’s Up on Developer Center?

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### Featured Post

#### [MongoDB Atlas for Gaming, Startups to Watch in 2023](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/atlas/gaming-startups-2023/) by Hubert Nguyen.

![MongoDB Atlas and gaming apps](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ec4tv86kpworxxcd19bg.png)

In this article, Hubert explains how as developers leverage a data platform like MongoDB Atlas for gaming, they can do more, faster, and make the game better by focusing engineering resources on the player's experience, which can be tailored thanks to insights leveraged during the game sessions.

### Other Shout-Outs

#### ➡️ @lucecarter1 wrote about [using Node.js and Atlas with Azure App Services](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/atlas/getting-started-azure-app-service-atlas/), and @dfreniche wrote about [getting started with MongoDB and C](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/atlas/getting-started-mongodb-c/#install-c-driver)!

And don't forget to check out the new article by John Page about the [economics of database operations](https://thenewstack.io/the-economics-of-database-operations/).

We have an incredible community that's always hard at work. On our Community Forums, we're discussing the usage of [$bucketAuto](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/operator/aggregation/bucketAuto/#-bucketauto--aggregation-) stage, which sorts incoming documents into a predetermined number of groups also known as buckets. [Join the conversation](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/how-to-use-bucketauto-to-divide-into-evenly-distributed-buckets/218089/2?u=kushagra_kesav)!

## 🗓️ 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-working-with-mongodb-aggregation-pipeline-multimedia-university/214027): March 24th 2023, 3:00am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Orlando Code Camp](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/events/orlando-code-camp/): Mar 25, 2023, 5:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT (in-person event)
[Sao Paulo MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/sao-paulo-mug-primeiro-meetup-presencial-do-grupo-de-usuarios-mongodb-de-sao-paulo/216648): March 30th 2023, 12:00pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Montreal MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/montreal-inaugural-meetup/218883): April 11th 2023, 3:00pm, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
[Bengaluru MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/bengaluru-meetup-from-mongodb-atlas-bi-connectors-to-sharding-performance-strategies-for-data-driven-world/217478): March 31st 2023, 8:30pm, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
[GDG DevFest Pisa](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/events/devfest-pisa-23/): Mar 31, 2023 - Apr 1, 2023

We recently had our Auckland MUG, led by Jake McInteer. It was a fantastic day with like-minded people!

![Auckland MUG](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/twmvzx0npxvp3smnlitu.jpg)

![Auckland MUG](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ya68l536kyrrc5s6k8k7.jpg)

![Auckland MUG](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/4kmpg6dojgbpf3ub0zmq.jpg)

Additionally, the San Francisco MUG was an absolute blast! Thank you to Gyanesh Pandeya for all of your hard work.

![San Francisco MUG](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/rqtsckqbuauexwdw42uw.jpg)

![San Francisco MUG](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/zsu0fpvz2zamahc1bnwl.jpg)

## 🎙️ Stop, Collaborate, and Listen

If reading’s not your jam, you might love catching up on our [podcast episodes](https://podcasts.mongodb.com/public/115/The-MongoDB-Podcast-b02cf624) with @mlynn and Shane McAllister. 

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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.)

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