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Re:I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left by aorloff on Sunday May 10, 2026 @11:25AM (#48084729)
Dynamo, and a lot of the other services mentioned (Lambda) have very specific use cases. Do not use happy fun key value store as your database.
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Re:I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left by ovao on Sunday May 10, 2026 @01:06PM (#48085704)
I'd say "use it as your database if you know your access patterns make it suitable/well-suited for its use as your database". Even then it will probably not be your only database — if it's part of your MSA/SOA.

I would not build in DynamoDB if you suspect your access patterns will drastically change over the lifetime of the application (or if you intend to, e.g., plan to build a data warehouse or something crazy with it).

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