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🍃 What is MongoDB? MongoDB is a NoSQL document-based database that stores data in JSON-like format. Instead of rows and columns, it uses collections and documents . This makes it super flexible and schema-less — perfect for fast-moving modern apps 🚀. 💡 Difference vs SQL Databases: SQL = Tables, Rows, Columns 📊 MongoDB = Collections, Documents 📚 ❓Why Indexes Matter Imagine searching a phonebook without alphabetical order — painful, right? 😅 Indexes make your searches faster by letting MongoDB skip scanning every document. ⚡ Tip: Without indexes, MongoDB performs a collection scan — meaning it checks every record. That’s fine for 10 docs... not for 10 million! 🧠 Types of Indexes in MongoDB 1️⃣ Single Field Index Most basic and common. You index one field. db.users.createIndex({ "name": 1 }) 1 = ascending , -1 = descending . Used for queries like { name: "Priya" } . 2️⃣ Compound Index Multiple fields combined to improve multi-fi...

  🧩 Introduction Setting up MongoDB with OIDC authentication in a production-grade Spring Boot app sounds simple — until reality strikes. 😅 This post covers two specific issues I faced when integrating MongoDB v8 with Spring Boot 3.3.6 , and deploying the app via Terraform to Cloud Run . If you’re planning the same, ame, save yourself some debugging time and read on. 👇 🐛 Issue #1: MongoDB Driver Compatibility – “Unsupported authMechanism: MONGODB-OIDC” 🔥 The Problem: After upgrading to MongoDB v8 , my app started throwing this error: Unsupported authMechanism: MONGODB-OIDC Turns out, the default MongoDB driver version (5.0.1) pulled in by Spring Boot 3.3.6 isn’t compatible with MongoDB v8, especially when using OIDC authentication . Turns out, the default MongoDB driver version (5.0.1) pulled in by Spring Boot 3.3.6 isn’t compatible with MongoDB v8, especially when using OIDC authentication . ✅ The Fix: Manually specify compatible driver versions ( 5.2.1 or abo...