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+// Run like:
+//
+// mongo "mongodb+srv://<host>/app29923450" --username positron2 --password <redacted> scripts/db/<filename>
+
+db.articles.createIndex(
+  {
+    fair_ids: 1,
+    published: 1,
+    published_at: -1
+  },
+  { background: true }
+)