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The very fact that they are dogfooding DynamoDB (with core features of their business) makes me want to take it more seriously and use it more. I also love tha
by danesparza 7y ago
The very fact that they are dogfooding DynamoDB (with core features of their business) makes me want to take it more seriously and use it more.
I also love that they didn't just replace Oracle with <insert competing RDBMS here> but instead thoughtfully pieced together a strategy based on what the data was going to be used for.
Well done!
- mey 7y agoHave used DynamoDB a couple times, most recently for data processing. It is extremely expensive, for data storage and performance. Queries are limited and cumbersome to write. If you are looking at it, put a reasonable amount of test data in and play with it too see what costs look like compared to the performance you need from it.
- onefuncman 7y agoExpensive compared to what? DynamoDB has the cheapest 4ms writes I can find... But yes, absolutely prototype and measure costs with real workloads
- zwkrt 7y agoThe DDB query language is one of the largest warts on the face of AWS. “Select From Where” is a solved problem!
- StreamBright 7y agoI have the exact opposite experience. These are just anecdotal experiences. Without providing insight into the workload and your approach it is pretty meaningless.