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Introduction to AWS DynamoDB with Python

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Fixing a Performance Anti-pattern With Amazon DynamoDB and Lessons Learned

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My first steps with Amazon DyamoDB Continue reading on Better Programming

AWS’s DynamoDB and How does it work?

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In this blog, I will be exploring DynamoDB as a service, how does it work, and some important concepts to know before getting started with it.

Python meets DynamoDB

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“How to create tables, put items, query, scan, and delete tables in AWS using Python” Here we are with another fun project for everyone to try. In this article, we will be using Python and the Boto3 m...

Parallel DynamoDB loading with Lambda

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I recently read a very interesting blog post (linked below) that talked about a solution for loading large amounts of data into DynamoDB very quickly. Inspired by this, I thought “I’m going to build…

DynamoDB: 5 specific ways to supercharge your database design

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Credit Digital Cloud Training So you’ve started working on your first serverless application, you know a thing or two about designing back-end applications but have worked with things like Express, or...

Bulk data ingestion from S3 into DynamoDB via AWS Lambda

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Imagine we have a large database in excel or CSV format, and we are looking to bring it alive by loading it into DynamoDB. This article presents a streamlined approach to this problem by leveraging…

DynamoDB Library with NodeJS

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The goal of this story is to show useful functions that can help you to solve common problems arising when dealing with DynamoDB by explaining the library that helped me in different projects and…

New Features in Amazon DynamoDB — PartiQL, Export to S3, Integration with Kinesis Data Streams

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Every time with AWS re:Invent around, AWS releases many new features over a period of month. In this blog post I will touch on 3 new features which were introduced for Amazon DynamoDB. DynamoDB is a…

Performing Operations on a DynamoDB with Python

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How to create tables, load data, perform operations, and query/scan tables in AWS DynamoDB by using Python and Boto3 library. Amazon DynamoDB (DDB) is a NoSQL, serverless database. This means it is a...

Elevating DynamoDB Operations in Python with PynamoDB

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Navigating through the intricacies of AWS DynamoDB can be daunting, especially when you aim for code that’s both efficient and easy to maintain. This is where PynamoDB, a Pythonic ORM for DynamoDB, st...

Storing Hierarchical Data in DynamoDB

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Recently, I created an application that required storing tree structures in DynamoDB. While I was able to find a few articles on ways to do this, I couldn’t find any documentation on a solution that…

DynamoDB vs. Hadoop vs. MongoDB

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The best database for your current business needs is usually dependent on the skill set of your dev team and the applications in place already. Understanding which database system will best fit your…

Tips to Design a DynamoDB Table

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My tips and tricks to design a DynamoDb Table Efficiently and easily Photo by Jan Antonin Kolar on Unsplash What is DynamoDB? Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed, serverless, key-value NoSQL database ...

Redesigning the Pipeline: From DynamoDB to Spark Streaming

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Partial Sync DynamoDB to Firestore Database

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But why? Well, it's cool AF and solves a pretty common use case! Setup This is not gonna be a straight-up comparison between the two database offerings. Mostly because they are not directly comparabl...

From DynamoDB, ElasticCache, and OpenSearch to RavenDB

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How to save a couple thousand euros and contribute to OpenSource while doing it Scaling your application in the cloud is a challenge, albeit it’s simple to just let your services scale on demand. How...

How to Scan a 23 GB DynamoDB Table in One Minute

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A 50x speed improvement While running DynamoDB workloads in production with over 500 GB of data for a couple of years, I accumulated a couple of lessons learned that I’ll be sharing. One of them I wr...

Maximize Performance by Modelling Any Relational Data in DynamoDB

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Designing a database application is the first thing we usually do when we want to start working on an application. Data is at the core of these applications, whether a simple to-do app with React and…...

When DynamoDB is 10x Cheaper Than S3

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As big-data architects using managed AWS solutions, we tend to map storage technologies in our heads into rules of thumb. S3 will be in the category of “cheap and slow” while DynamoDB, relatively…

AWS DynamoDB Global Secondary Indexes

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Extend your access patterns with ease Photo by Cookie the Pom on Unsplash We all are very familiar with the Relational Database Systems. We know how to work with them. What are the best practices, an...

Create a DynamoDB Table Using Python

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A step-by-step tutorial on creating a DynamoDB table, adding items to it, scanning it, and deleting the table using Python. The prerequisites for creating a DynamoDB table using Python are as follows...

Create a DynamoDB Table Using Python

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Create a DynamoDB table, scan the table, query the table, remove an item from the table, and finally delete the table using Python. In this article, I will use the programming language Python to crea...