Learning MongoDB
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Part 2
MongoDB, Part 2: The Aggregation Pipeline, Stage by Stage
Part 2 of my MongoDB learning series: how the aggregation pipeline reshapes documents stage by stage — $unwind, $group, $lookup — plus the type-mismatch bug that silently joins nothing and why stage order is a cost decision.
15 Jul 2026
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5 min read
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Learning MongoDB
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Part 1
Learning MongoDB, one document at a time
Part one of a series: a Spring Boot 4 playground, the embed-vs-reference call that replaces schema normalization, and the Decimal128 default that would have quietly corrupted every price I stored.
15 Jul 2026
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6 min read
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