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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 is by developers, for developers. This is where we publish articles, tutorials, quickstarts, and beyond. 
Featured Post
How to Use Azure Functions with MongoDB Atlas in Java by @Mohit_Sharma
In this article, you’ll learn how to use MongoDB Atlas, a cloud database, when you’re getting started with Azure functions in Java.
Other Shout-Outs
Announcing the Realm C++ SDK Alpha by Ian Ward, Jason Flax, Lee Maguire, and Otso Virtanen
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:
Node Congress Berlin: April14, 2023 - Apr 17, 2023
Montreal Inaugural Meetup: April 18th 2023, 3:00pm, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
WebExpo: Apr 19, 2023 - Apr 20, 2023
London MUG: April 20th 2023, 10:00am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
Kolkata MUG: April 22nd 2023, 2:00am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
International Javascript Conference London: Apr 25, 2023 - Apr 27, 2023
Chennai MUG: April 28th 2023, 9:00pm – April 29th 2023, 1:00am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
Thank you to everyone who came to the inaugural MUG Seville meetup, hosted by the amazing @Diego_Freniche! It was great to see all of you.
Have you heard of the wildcard operator in MongoDB? It enables queries that use special characters to match any character. For more, check out this community post to learn how to use wildcard indexing in MongoDB and speed up your queries!
Also, learn more about cursors and their behavior in MongoDB from this informative community post.
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen
If reading’s not your jam, you might love catching up on our podcast episodes with @Michael_Lynn and @Shane_McAllister.
And here’s the previous episode, in case you missed it:
Not listening on Spotify? We got you! We’re also on Apple Podcasts, PlayerFM, Podtail, and Listen Notes. (We’d be forever grateful if you left us a review.)
Have you visited our YouTube channel lately? There’s a new video from @nraboy on how to bring data together from different data sources for a near-real-time view into customer data using the MongoDB Federated Database feature.
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