AWS re:Invent 2019: [REPEAT 1] Amazon DynamoDB deep dive: Advanced design patterns (DAT403-R1)

You never heard of Rick Houlihan? He is the 90% of DynamoDB Evangelism... At the same time you are able to this internal lookups? Do you work with DynamoDB? AWS re:Invent 2018: Amazon DynamoDB Deep Dive: Advanced Design Patterns for DynamoDB (DAT401) link AWS re:Invent 2019: [REPEAT 1] Amazon DynamoDB deep dive: Advanced design patterns (DAT403-R1) ▶ this video AWS re:Invent 2020: Amazon DynamoDB advanced design patterns – Part 1 link AWS re:Invent 2020: Amazon DynamoDB advanced design patterns – Part 2 link AWS re:Invent 2021 - DynamoDB deep dive: Advanced design patterns link Amazon DynamoDB | Office Hours with Rick Houlihan: Breaking down the design process for NoSQL applications link

Interesting question. No-SQL doesn't mean non-relational. DynamoDB is a relational database. It's up to you on how you design the table to accommodate your relations. This is a great presentation about this: ▶ this video

I wrote a piece that touches a bit on the why: link But in a nutshell: availability and scalability. Yes you can achieve this with relational DBs, but it will be quite complex, while No-SQL gives it by design. All while ensuring all the goodness of relational data modeling, consistency and queries. The only requirement is a good table design: ▶ this video

Rick has had the most-watched re:Invent talk the last three years. Here are the links for each: - 2019: ▶ this video - 2018: link - 2017: link Additional DynamoDB links here: link