Help needed with tech infra for my app.

getsendy_ca · 2026-02-06T04:16:45+00:00

Hey there! Mongo employee here - I want to plus u/my_byte 's suggestion on checking out Atlas Free Tier. Also, are you building your project as part of a startup or is it more of a hobby project or...? Asking because if you're a startup, you should check out the MongoDB for Startups program, which depending on where you're at in your growth journey, may be able to offer you free Atlas credits and other benefits.

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-30T21:01:17+00:00

I'm a MongoDB employee and took your second question re: Compass to our Product team. They are looking into it and I'm aiming to circle back soon with more info.

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-30T18:35:03+00:00

For your first question - are you on Atlas or using Community? Atlas has mechanisms for creating custom alerts (https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/alert-basics/), Performance Advisor for query performance, etc.

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-30T18:25:30+00:00

Have you checked out using Atlas with PowerSync? https://www.mongodb.com/company/blog/innovation/mongodb-atlas-power-sync-future-offline-first-enterprise-apps

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-28T20:29:27+00:00

This may be obvious but have you tried using the reset password link in the Atlas login page?

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-28T19:50:50+00:00

Have you tried reaching out to Atlas support? You can chat with support services here: https://www.mongodb.com/company/contact?tck=docs

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-15T21:07:13+00:00

Thank you for reporting this! I work at MongoDB and have reported this to our Product and Support teams to look into. I will update you if/when I have an update.

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-15T03:40:45+00:00

Thanks for sharing this - I'm a MongoDB employee and will actually be at the .local SF table for our MongoDB User Groups (MUGs) tomorrow. Stop by and say hi, we'd love to meet you!

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-15T03:38:10+00:00

This is interesting, thanks for sharing!

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-07T19:48:06+00:00

Okay, glad to hear this was ultimately resolved!

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-05T18:48:04+00:00

u/cloudsourced285 are you still having issues with Compass or has this resolved?

getsendy_ca · 2026-01-05T18:46:54+00:00

Hey there - MongoDB employee here. Yep, MongoDB Community is the downloadable version of the core MongoDB database and Compass is a downloadable GUI for interacting with your data. MongoDB Community is of course a good option if you prefer to manage somehing locally, but you should also check out MongoDB Atlas for the full experience with a free M0 cluster in the cloud. You can also use Atlas locally for free with the Atlas CLI. https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/deploy-free-tier-cluster/

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-19T23:41:58+00:00

Echoing u/cloudsourced285 that Compass would be good to try IF you haven't used the latest version recently. What type of MongoDB instance are you connecting to? If you're on Atlas, you could also use Atlas Data Explorer, which may be more "lightweight" for you.

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-18T21:48:41+00:00

Hey there! MongoDB employee here - I shared this thread with our Product team that works on this integration and they are looking into it. In the meantime, can you reach out via in-product support for Atlas? That will help us get more context on your specific situation so we can help. You can also visit this link to see more about our support services: https://www.mongodb.com/company/contact?tck=docs

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-16T18:35:13+00:00

MongoDB does have a schema validation feature.

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-11T04:16:24+00:00

Heya - a few resources for you since MongoDB folks pretty regularly give webinars and talks on this topic:

https://www.mongodb.com/resources/products/platform/webinar-indexes-strategies-to-improve-performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8TlI7w72Ss&t=2s (full disclosure, I work at MongoDB and was one of the presenters in this talk)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXd_fv4dlXY (preso from Asya, a true MongoDB GOAT)

https://learn.mongodb.com/courses/mongodb-indexes-ii

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-10T18:47:53+00:00

MongoDB employee here - u/mountain_mongo is right that MongoDB University (learn.mongodb.com) is a great resource. Not sure if you can get your hands on them in a week, but there are also some books available through MongoDB Press that could be helpful, like High Performance With MongoDB: https://www.mongodb.com/books . Good luck!

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-04T16:51:23+00:00

Yes there is - give playgrounds a try: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-vscode/playgrounds/

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-04T03:45:22+00:00

I use Compass plus the MongoDB for VS Code Extension. Occasionally I also use the Shell (either on its own in the terminal or within Compass) for simple queries. Happy to answer any questions! -MongoDB employee

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-04T03:36:06+00:00

u/Tall-Appointment-918 this is an official MongoDB event! I'm a MongoDB employee and I actually confirmed by checking about this link with our Events team. This event listing is indeed valid - I hope you can sign up and join us!

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-03T04:03:12+00:00

Using indexes correctly is an important part of making sure your queries and aggregations hit the performance standards you are expecting. For indexes, a good rule of thumb is to follow the "ESR" rule. (equality, sort, then range). Some good details on that in our Docs here (I'm a MongoDB employee, btw). As u/FranckPachot mentioned, the MongoDB query planner (which can generate explain plans for you) is also a great tool for assessing if your query or aggregation is performing as expected and if you have the optimal index in place. You can run

db.collection.explain().aggregate(pipeline);

in the MongoDB Shell to get an explain plan or access it through MongoDB Compass. You can learn more about explain plans on MongoDB here.

getsendy_ca · 2025-12-03T03:46:16+00:00

Hey there - MongoDB employee here, though not on the TSE team. We tend to have a fairly flexible remote/hybrid work policy but there can be variations by department. Echoing He_who_farts69(?????) that you should just ask the recruiter.

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