MongoDB $weeklyUpdate #12: Are you attending the live premiere of Day Zero?
Tags: mongodb, database, news, dayzero
Published: 2020-11-17 00:03:46

# 👋 Hi everyone! 

Welcome to MongoDB $weeklyUpdate, a weekly digest of MongoDB tutorials, articles, and community spotlights!

Each week, we'll be sharing the latest and greatest MongoDB content and featuring our favorite community content too, curated by [Adrienne Tacke](https://twitter.com/AdrienneTacke) at [MongoDB](https://dev.to/mongodb): {% user adriennetacke %} 

Enjoy!

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# 📢 Announcements!

## 🎫 Attend the Live Premiere of Day Zero
We're launching something big, bold, and unlike anything you've seen before! Be sure you tune into the [MongoDB Twitch channel](https://www.twitch.tv/mongodb) at 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 11pm GMT on November 17th. That's all I can say (you really don't want to miss this)!

![Day Zero Billboard, an Interactive Thriller presented by MongoDB Atlas](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1FGA15d80yi0ZmJBLHWz5sCx_RuRdhnxm "Day Zero Billboard, an Interactive Thriller presented by MongoDB Atlas")

## 📆 Be part of the Global Virtual Community
Want to know when the latest MongoDB events, community events, and streams are happening? Head to our [upcoming events](https://live.mongodb.com/global-virtual-community/) page to find all the latest details and sign up for reminders so you never miss an event! 

Check out a few here:

Nov 16 - [MongoDB.live 2020 Pre-Game User Group Event](https://live.mongodb.com/events/details/mongodb-new-york-presents-live-from-nyc-mongodblive-2020-pre-game-user-group-event/#/)
Special guests Lauren Schaefer and Joe Karlsson will be presenting & co-hosting on Nov 16th.  Meet new friends, test your drawing skills, & grab FREE swag!

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# 💡 ICYMI on the [DevHub](https://developer.mongodb.com/)
_Want to find the latest MongoDB tutorials and articles created for developers, by developers? Look no further than our [DevHub](https://developer.mongodb.com/)!_

**[Sending and Requesting Data from MongoDB in a Unity Game](https://developer.mongodb.com/how-to/sending-requesting-data-mongodb-unity-game)**
In this article [Nic Raboy](https://www.nraboy.com/) shows you how to use UnityWebRequests to make HTTP requests from Unity to a back end that communicates with MongoDB! Initially [livestreamed](https://youtu.be/UkpaRWkPbU4) on the Game Dev series on Twitch.

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**[What does a Curriculum Engineer do? Featuring Yulia Genkina!](https://youtu.be/CqpfNHrzEaA)**
[Adrienne Tacke](https://twitter.com/adriennetacke) is joined by [Yulia Genkina](https://twitter.com/yuliagenkina) for a fun and informative AMA about Curriculum Engineering! Yulia answers questions like, "What is Curriculum Engineering?", "Is this a career for you?", and so much more. Check it out:

{% youtube CqpfNHrzEaA %}

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**[Have you shared your MongoDB Achievements with our new Social Share widget yet](https://university.mongodb.com/)**?
If you’ve successfully completed a course or learning path, you can now share your Proof of Completion on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook! Gained your [MongoDB Certification](https://university.mongodb.com/certification) and joined the group of global MongoDB experts? Now you can tell everyone, including potential employers! Head over to [MongoDB University](https://university.mongodb.com/) to start sharing your accomplishments today!

![Social Accomplishment Share widget on MongoDB University](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1PO6QOBtuq98K08leNVtfaNrbwc4VAnAK "Social Accomplishment Share widget on MongoDB University")



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# 📺 Last Week on [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/mongodb)
_We stream tech tutorials, live coding, and talk to members of our community every Friday. Sometimes, we even stream twice a week! Be sure to [follow us on Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/mongodb) to be notified of every stream!_

[Is It Safe to Go Outside?](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/801655249)
[Maxime Beugnet](https://twitter.com/MBeugnet) and [Karen Huaulme](https://twitter.com/YouOldMaid) joined [Mark Smith](https://twitter.com/judy2k) for his Twitch debut! He covered finding and evaluating a data source for local COVID-19 cases, techniques for ingesting that data into a MongoDB database, and visualized the results using MongoDB Charts. And he did it all in a Jupyter Notebook! [🍿 Watch it now](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/801655249)

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[Code Editor Landscape in 2021](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/800422638)
[Mike Lynn](https://twitter.com/mlynn), [Nic Raboy](https://www.nraboy.com/), and [Joe Karlsson](https://twitter.com/JoeKarlsson1) were joined by [Max Marcon](https://twitter.com/mmarcon) (Sr. Product Manager for Developer Tools at MongoDB) to discuss the latest updates to our [MongoDB for VSCode](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mongodb.mongodb-vscode) extension and what the code editor landscape looks like for 2021! [🍿 Watch it now](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/800422638)
 
🍿 [Follow us](https://www.twitch.tv/mongodb) on Twitch so you never miss a stream!

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# 🎮 GameDev with MongoDB and Unity

Last week on the Game Dev stream, [Nic Raboy](https://www.nraboy.com/) and [Adrienne Tacke](https://twitter.com/AdrienneTacke) continued optimizing their game Plummeting People! In this episode, they refactor their doors to be programmatically generated and marked as a fake door. Much better than copying and pasting a few hundred game objects 😅 Check it out:

{% youtube YLc28Xlvyt0 %}

🍁 Episode 9 will be a special fun stream! On Nov 25, 10:30am PT, a few members of the MongoDB DevRel team will be playing some Fall Guys! Join us in the chat for a chill stream!

While you wait for Wednesday, catch up on past streams:

[Episode 7: Using UnityWebRequests to make HTTP calls](https://youtu.be/UkpaRWkPbU4)

[Episode 6: Obstacles and Door Physics](https://youtu.be/-gO9tvNgpu4)

[Episode 5: Level Design and Player Animation in Unity](https://youtu.be/TnJOSwvVZDo)


💡 And if you ever need to catch up on any of our streams, you can always find them on our [Developer Hub](https://developer.mongodb.com/learn) or our [Twitch Live Streams playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4RCxklHWZ9tdLNE3yso_rL1hS1ypeV3t)!

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# 🎙 Last Word on the [MongoDB Podcast](https://mongodb.libsyn.com/)

{% spotify spotify:episode:4CfJ9o04niQz6Q6DSyT2Qa %}

Episode 26: In part two of the Automated Database Management series with Lead Product Manager [Rez Khan], hosts [Nic Raboy](https://www.nraboy.com/) & [Mike Lynn](https://twitter.com/mlynn) continue the automation discussion and focus on automated scalability.

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{% spotify spotify:episode:2UkUiywxPCW48VkrSTznOd %}

Episode 27: Hosts [Nic Raboy](https://www.nraboy.com/) & [Mike Lynn](https://twitter.com/mlynn) are joined by David Gorski, Founder & CEO of LifeMetrics to discuss how he's leveraged MongoDB to build [BestSelf](https://joinbestself.com/), an app designed to illuminate the impact of your daily activities on your well being!

(Not listening on Spotify? We got you! We're most likely on your favorite podcast network, including [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/) 😊)

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# 👏 Community Spotlight

_Every week, we pick interesting articles, questions, and more from all over the internet! Be sure to use the #MongoDB hashtag when posting on dev.to or leave a comment on my weekly Tweets. You might be featured in an upcoming edition!_


**[New Community Forum Badge!](https://developer.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/earn-a-new-forum-badge-mongodb-schema-design-anti-patterns/11588)**
_https://developer.mongodb.com/community/forums_
Want to earn a snazzy new MongoDB forum badge and learn some tips that could pay off big time in your next project? Learn about common “anti-patterns” to avoid in your MongoDB database, complete our [Anti-Patterns Quiz](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctPTfprWxkO79332JO0Msm3WyAEMykLQjpwEOFDhFMIcD5zg/viewform), earn your badge, and start your next project with confidence!

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**[Built with MongoDB: Shipright](https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/built-mongodb-shipright)**
_https://mongodb.com/blog_
For this edition of #BuiltWithMongoDB, we are featuring Shipright, a Netherlands-based Techstars company from the Netherlands that enables software businesses to seamlessly track customer feedback and make better-informed product decisions.

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**[Multiple values of partitionKey](https://developer.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/multiple-values-of-partitionkey/10022)**
_https://developer.mongodb.com/community/forums_
Can you help this user out? Join the discussion and submit an answer!

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**[Why Can't I Authenticate?](https://developer.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/why-cant-i-authenticate/11566)**
_https://developer.mongodb.com/community/forums_
Running into a similar issue? See if this discussion helps you out!

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**[Installing MongoDB on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2](https://dev.to/seanwelshbrown/installing-mongodb-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-2-19m9)**
_https://dev.to_
User @seanwelshbrown has written an excellent article on how to install MongoDB on a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2. Be sure to give it a look:

{% link https://dev.to/seanwelshbrown/installing-mongodb-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-2-19m9 %}

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**[MongoDB best practices from the SIP3 team](https://dev.to/sip3/mongodb-best-practices-from-the-sip3-team-28i)**
_https://dev.to_
User @agafox and the team at SIP3 has kindly shared the best practices they've learned for using MongoDB. Bookmark it:

{% link https://dev.to/sip3/mongodb-best-practices-from-the-sip3-team-28i %}

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# 🌍 MongoDB DevRel around the Interwebz
_Watch our team do their thang at various conferences, meetups, and podcasts around the world (virtually, for now). Also, find external articles and guest posts from our DevRel team here!_


**📅 Upcoming**

Nov 17: [DeveloperWeek Austin 2020](https://www.developerweek.com/Austin/)
[Joe Karlsson](https://twitter.com/JoeKarlsson1) will be presenting the talk "Building Your First GraphQL Client and From SQL to NoSQL: A Gentle Introduction" at DeveloperWeek Austin 2020 is the largest developer event in the Southwest! Check it out!

Nov 23: [Azure Community Conference](https://www.azconf.dev/)
[Adrienne Tacke](https://twitter.com/AdrienneTacke) will present "Say YES! to NoSQL: A Guide on When to Ditch Relational Databases" at the India Azure Community Conference, a 3-day multi-track virtual conference aimed at Cloud and Web developers. Tune in if you can!


**🔁 Play it again**
[Lauren Schaefer](https://twitter.com/lauren_schaefer) was featured on the [Espacios Abiertos Podcast](https://espaciosabiertos.dev) to share tips on and encouragement for those struggling with the shift to remote work! [Listen now](https://espaciosabiertos.dev/lauren-schaefer/)

[Joe Karlsson](https://twitter.com/JoeKarlsson1) jumped on the [Coding Over Cocktails](https://www.torocloud.com/podcast/episode-9) podcast to delve into the benefits and common misconceptions about MongoDB! [Listen now](https://www.torocloud.com/podcast/episode-9)

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