About us
MongoDB User Groups (MUGs) are community-driven meetups where developers, architects, database professionals, and tech enthusiasts come together to share knowledge, discuss best practices, and connect with like-minded individuals 🏆
Whether you’re a beginner just getting started with your first cluster or an experienced power user scaling to petabytes, this group is for you.
Our meetups are a safe space to:
- Learn: Hear from industry experts and local developers about how they are using MongoDB.
- Share: Discuss interesting use cases, architectural patterns, and lessons learned.
- Connect: Network with local tech talent, find mentors, or just hang out with fellow devs.
What to expect:
- Tech talks and demos ⚙️
- Interactive workshops 💡
- Networking, food, and swag 🎁
Get Involved:
📢 Speak at a MUG: Have a cool story to tell? Submit your talk here: https://mdb.link/mug-speakers
Community Guidelines:
We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone. Please review our Code of Conduct: mongodb.com/community-code-of-conduct
Upcoming events
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Distributed Data Architecture with MongoDB Sharding
Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology, Rd, Juja, Kenya, Juja, KE### Distributed Data Architecture with MongoDB Sharding!
Your data is growing. Your queries are slowing. Your single node is sweating. Sound familiar?
This is the story of every database engineer who's watched a thriving application begin to strain under its own success. It's the moment when scaling up stops being enough—and you have to think horizontally.
Enter sharding. MongoDB's answer to infinite horizontal scalability.
In this hands-on session, we're diving deep into how MongoDB sharding transforms a monolithic database into a resilient, globally-distributed system. We'll explore shard keys (the decision that shapes everything), discuss the architecture that makes it all tick, and work through real-world scenarios where sharding is non-negotiable.
You'll walk away understanding:- How sharding actually works under the hood
- The critical importance of choosing the right shard key (and what happens when you don't)
- Practical strategies for migrating to a sharded cluster without losing your mind—or your data
- Monitoring and troubleshooting in a distributed environment
- Real patterns from production deployments
Whether you're:
- An engineer preparing your application for scale
- A database enthusiast hungry to level up
- A team facing growth challenges right now
- Someone curious about how modern distributed systems actually work
...this session is built for you.
We'll combine theory with hands-on exploration. Come ready to ask questions. Bring your hardest problems—we'll work through them together.***
📅 When: Saturday, 10th October
📍 Where: JKUAT, IPIC Building
🔗 Connect: Join the Nairobi MongoDB User Group on LinkedIn for updates and community discussion
Because building systems that scale isn't just technical—it's craft.
See you there. Let's build.20 attendees
Past events
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