The day was a chance to meet members of the MongoDB team in person and to watch engineers from around the world build products live at the MongoDB .local Build Fest in San Francisco — a rare, direct look at how modern software gets made under real time pressure.
The Build Lab ran throughout the day, with teams shipping working apps and putting them up for a live vote. Standing in front of the leaderboard as scores updated in real time was a reminder of how much can be built in a single focused session.
The visit followed a milestone for The Qwik Group: earlier in 2026, MongoDB accepted TQG into its MongoDB for Startups program, which supports early-stage companies building on MongoDB with technical guidance, credits, and access to its ecosystem.
Being on the ground with builders, founders, and the MongoDB team — under the "Build Anything. Change Everything." banner — captured exactly why events like this matter to The Qwik Group.
MongoDB extended the conference into a citywide takeover of San Francisco — from neon-green landmark "glow-ups" to wrapped Rivian shuttles and neighborhood coffee tie-ins — turning a single day into a week-long presence across the city.
