Good article. Like anything, there are pros and cons to each approach. I tested SimpleDB pretty thoroughly for the next version of Gridjit and decided against u

Good article. Like anything, there are pros and cons to each approach. I tested SimpleDB pretty thoroughly for the next version of Gridjit and decided against using it. One of the drawbacks to working with these sorts of storage services is the temptation to create overly-abstract models too early. Abstraction and metadata-based schemas are great but can also add needless complexity (ironically) early on.