Add FAQ about slow joins

Author: timgraham

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "pymongo": ("https://pymongo.readthedocs.io/en/stable/", None),
     "python": ("https://docs.python.org/3/", None),
     "atlas": ("https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/", None),
+    "manual": ("https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/", None),
 }
 
 root_doc = "contents"

docs/source/faq.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ FAQ
 
 This page contains a list of some frequently asked questions.
 
+Performance
+===========
+
+Querying across relational fields like :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey` and :class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField` is really slow. Is there a way to improve the speed of these joins?
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Not really. Joins use MongoDB's :doc:`$lookup
+<manual:reference/operator/aggregation/lookup>` operator, which doesn't perform
+well with large tables.
+
+The best practice for modeling relational data in MongoDB is to instead use
+:doc:`embedded models <topics/embedded-models>`.
+
 Troubleshooting
 ===============