The relational database management system (RDBMS) is turning 52 years old, having been invented in June 1970 by Edgar F. Codd. At the time of its creation, RDBMS offered unprecedented flexibility for working with data sets and laid a foundation for database theory that dominated the next 40 years. However, as modern apps consist of smaller, modular microservices with unique query patterns, data modeling requirements, and scale requirements, relational databases have become less adaptable to change and increasingly rigid. In contrast, MongoDB Atlas stores data in documents using JSON, providing an intuitive and natural way to model data that aligns with the objects developers work with in code, accelerating developer productivity and simplifying data access.