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<p>Psssst! In case you were living under an RDBMS last week, <a href="https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/announcing-mongodb-44--mongodb-cloud">MongoDB v4.4 went GA</a>! Needless to say, there's much to like. Here's my quick take on my Top Three.</p>
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<p>So many things to choose from!</p>
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<ol><li><a href="https://docs.atlas.mongodb.com/cluster-autoscaling/"><strong>Atlas Auto-Scale</strong> </a>is GA: This feature has been rock-solid through Beta, and allows for auto-scale up (before resources are exhausted) and auto-scale down (why pay for needless over-provisioning?</li><li>New drivers for the <strong><a href="https://docs.mongodb.com/drivers/swift">Swift</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://docs.mongodb.com/drivers/rust">Rust</a></strong> (in Alpha) languages.</li><li><strong><a href="https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/core/sharding-shard-key/#refine-a-shard-key">Refinable Shard Keys</a></strong>: No longer need you always sit on pins and needles after going live, hoping your shard key choice was correct.</li></ol>
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