# How to Design Nested Documents for a Blogging App

DevFeed: [How to Design Nested Documents for a Blogging App](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-design-nested-documents-for-a-blogging-app-21843.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.thepolyglotdeveloper.com/blog/2026/05/how-to-design-nested-documents-for-a-blogging-app/>)

Author: Nic Raboy

Published: 2026-05-22T12:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Nic Raboy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nic-raboy.md>)

Topics: [MongoDB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mongodb.md>), [NoSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nosql.md>), [data-modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-modeling.md>), [Content Management System](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cms.md>)

Tags: [cms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cms.md>), [data-modeling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-modeling.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [mongodb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mongodb.md>), [nosql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nosql.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on designing nested documents for a blogging application in MongoDB. It examines document modeling choices for authors, blog posts, and comments, and explains why modeling these relationships as separate documents may not provide the best MongoDB experience.

## Source excerpt

So you want to build your own content management system (CMS), also sometimes known as a blog? This is a classic example when learning how to use a database, whether it be a relational database manage... The post How to Design Nested Documents for a Blogging App appeared first on DataCamp.