MongoDB’s Purposeful Application Data Platform with Sahir Azam

For the first in-person episode in quite some time, Corey is joined by Sahir Azam, Chief Product Officer at MongoDB. Recording during the madness known as re:Invent, Sahir has graciously taken some time to bring us up to speed on what the folks at MongoDB have been up to, both in their work with AWS and outside of it. With re:Invent in the rearview, Sahir reflects upon MongoDB’s week well spent. Sahir and Corey discuss MongoDB’s history as a “staple of the internet” and how MongoDB is now set in stone as one of the leading cloud database companies. MongoDB has made purpose a central focus for its database build. This purpose is something the company provides to its customer base as a wide array of organizations make the transition to the cloud. Sahir and Corey discuss the nuances of general purpose databases and their potential shortfalls, plus how to craft a more specific database that allows space for innovation.