The latest articles on DEV Community by Nadav (@rynrn). https://dev.to/rynrn https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F272535%2F06b805c2-db0e-45c9-8bdf-2ab5b80392bd.jpeg https://dev.to/rynrn en Nadav Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:46:47 +0000 https://dev.to/rynrn/how-to-build-a-social-network-with-mongodb-42b https://dev.to/rynrn/how-to-build-a-social-network-with-mongodb-42b <p>I'm wanted to start developing a social network like instagram (more or less).<br> but I have tried to understand how to design my DB (using mongodb) for the main queries.</p> <p>So I have few questions:</p> <ol> <li>how to save the data of followers/following in the db? it should be in the same document of the users or other?</li> <li>how to fetch all the posts for users from his followers?</li> <li>can I use mongodb for building a social network like instagram?</li> </ol> mongodb node database architecture