Added lanes (first try)

frontend/server/utils/mongo.js

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+import { MongoClient } from 'mongodb'
+
+async function connectToDatabase() {
+    // Create a MongoClient with a MongoClientOptions object to set the Stable API version
+    const client = new MongoClient(`mongodb://${process.env.MONGO_USER}:${process.env.MONGO_PASS}@mongo:27017`)
+    await client.connect()
+    return client
+}
+
+async function fetchLatestPatch(client) {
+    const database = client.db("patches");
+    const patches = database.collection("patches");
+    const latestPatch = await patches.find().limit(1).sort({date:-1}).next()
+    return latestPatch.patch
+}
+
+export {connectToDatabase, fetchLatestPatch}