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I think the original DynamoDB paper is a good choice - some interesting CS/systems engineering content but relatively accessible. https://www.allthingsdistribu

• ryanworl 5y ago
  Notably, the Dynamo paper is _not_ a description of how DynamoDB (the product available from AWS today) works. They are fundamentally different, and it is not possible to implement notable features like conditional updates using the algorithms described in the Dynamo paper.
  • lghh 5y ago
    That’s interesting. I was going to take a stab at reading that first since I frequently use DynamoDB (Amazon product) at work.
    • macintux 5y ago
      It's still worth a read; understanding eventually-consistent K/V stores can help with data design for many NoSQL databases.