When working with MongoDB in a Next.js application, developers may encounter errors due to misunderstandings between Mongoose and MongoClient. Recently, a developer stumbled upon such an issue and learned valuable lessons about the differences between these two tools. Mongoose is an Object Data Modeling (ODM) library that provides schema-based solutions for MongoDB, while MongoClient offers low-level database interaction.

Source: https://dev.to/pardhu_99/i-fumbled-on-a-nextjs-mongodb-error-and-learned-the-key-differences-between-mongoose-and-mongoclient-1opb