Database Insights

MongoDB's Slot-Based Execution (SBE) engine introduced a plan cache memory leak affecting certain MongoDB versions — here's how to detect, mitigate, and fix it.

A critical bug in MongoDB 8.0 (SERVER-97368) affects TTL index behavior — causing documents to persist beyond expiration or delete prematurely. Here's how to detect and mitigate it.

MongoDB 8.0 brings significant replication improvements including faster elections, durable oplog writes, and changes to write concern behavior. Here's what changed and how to take advantage of it.

MongoDB indexes fragment over time as documents are inserted, updated, and deleted. Here's how to detect fragmentation, measure its performance impact, and rebuild indexes safely.

An honest comparison of MongoDB and PostgreSQL in 2026 — document model vs relational model, JSONB as a document store, ACID transaction trade-offs, horizontal scaling, licensing, and migration paths.

MongoDB's flexible schema allows fields to be null, explicitly set to null, or simply absent — and these three states behave differently in queries, aggregations, and indexes.

Understand the Redis fork landscape after licensing changes. Compare Redis and Valkey features, licensing implications, migration paths, and community support.

Migrate from Redis to Valkey — compatibility, performance benchmarks, and what changes for operators

Downgrading MongoDB requires careful planning — setting the Feature Compatibility Version before replacing binaries, handling replica set members in sequence, and verifying data integrity throughout.

MongoDB's indexing system supports single-field, compound, multikey, text, geospatial, and partial indexes. Choosing the right index type and key order determines whether your queries use microseconds or seconds.

MongoDB's mongosync utility enables continuous, real-time synchronization between two MongoDB clusters — simplifying live migrations, multi-cloud replication, and DR setups.

Hatchet transforms raw MongoDB JSON logs into actionable insights — surfacing slow operations, connection storms, and namespace hotspots that are impossible to spot in raw log files.