EVERYBODY GO READ THE AWS INCIDENT WRITE-UP! aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region
aws.amazon.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
EVERYBODY GO READ THE AWS INCIDENT WRITE-UP! aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
A good read on how DynamoDB has evolved over the past decade. DynamoDB was originally launched in 2012, and this retrospective paper was published in 2022. www.usenix.org/conference/a...
Some takeaways after reading it 🧵
Some takeaways after reading it 🧵
February 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A good read on how DynamoDB has evolved over the past decade. DynamoDB was originally launched in 2012, and this retrospective paper was published in 2022. www.usenix.org/conference/a...
Some takeaways after reading it 🧵
Some takeaways after reading it 🧵
People often ask me about the differences in architecture between Amazon Dynamo (the 2007 SOSP paper), DynamoDB (the AWS serverless NoSQL database), and Aurora DSQL (the AWS serverless SQL databases).
I memoized the response on my blog. brooker.co.za/blog/2025/08...
I memoized the response on my blog. brooker.co.za/blog/2025/08...
Dynamo, DynamoDB, and Aurora DSQL - Marc's Blog
brooker.co.za
August 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
People often ask me about the differences in architecture between Amazon Dynamo (the 2007 SOSP paper), DynamoDB (the AWS serverless NoSQL database), and Aurora DSQL (the AWS serverless SQL databases).
I memoized the response on my blog. brooker.co.za/blog/2025/08...
I memoized the response on my blog. brooker.co.za/blog/2025/08...
ARE YOU F*ING KIDDING ME? DynamoDB on-demand throughput got a 50% price cut, effective immediately. FIFTY PERCENT. wtaf.
New – Amazon DynamoDB lowers pricing for on-demand throughput and global tables
Amazon DynamoDB now offers 50% reduced pricing for on-demand throughput and up to 67% lower pricing for global tables, making it more cost-effective for buildin...
aws-news.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:44 PM
ARE YOU F*ING KIDDING ME? DynamoDB on-demand throughput got a 50% price cut, effective immediately. FIFTY PERCENT. wtaf.
AWS' post-outage summary is some dramatic reading: aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region
aws.amazon.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
AWS' post-outage summary is some dramatic reading: aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
IT'S HERE! Amazon Aurora Distributed SQL (DSQL). It's DynamoDB and Postgres merged into a truly serverless relational database.
This is THE announcement of Re:Invent 2024. Everything else is irrelevant.
This is THE announcement of Re:Invent 2024. Everything else is irrelevant.
Announcing Amazon Aurora DSQL (Preview)
AWS introduces Amazon Aurora DSQL, a serverless, distributed SQL database offering unlimited scalability, high availability, and zero infrastructure management...
buff.ly
December 3, 2024 at 5:20 PM
IT'S HERE! Amazon Aurora Distributed SQL (DSQL). It's DynamoDB and Postgres merged into a truly serverless relational database.
This is THE announcement of Re:Invent 2024. Everything else is irrelevant.
This is THE announcement of Re:Invent 2024. Everything else is irrelevant.
The DynamoDB team is on fire today, first they let you pre-warm tables to your desired throughput, and now they lower on-demand costs by 50%!
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
Amazon DynamoDB reduces prices for on-demand throughput and global tables - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon DynamoDB reduces prices for on-demand throughput and global tables
aws.amazon.com
November 14, 2024 at 7:59 PM
The DynamoDB team is on fire today, first they let you pre-warm tables to your desired throughput, and now they lower on-demand costs by 50%!
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh...
"Building a Serverless Application with Amazon DynamoDB" by SHIVAM YADAV
#amazon-dynamodb #aws-lambda #serverless #nosql #api-gateway
#amazon-dynamodb #aws-lambda #serverless #nosql #api-gateway
Building a Serverless Application with Amazon DynamoDB
Learn how Amazon DynamoDB powers fast, scalable, and fully managed NoSQL applications. This article explains DynamoDB fundamentals, key benefits, and how it integrates with API Gateway and AWS Lambda to build a simple serverless architecture.
community.aws
September 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"Building a Serverless Application with Amazon DynamoDB" by SHIVAM YADAV
#amazon-dynamodb #aws-lambda #serverless #nosql #api-gateway
#amazon-dynamodb #aws-lambda #serverless #nosql #api-gateway
🚀 Excellent news for #AWS serverless users! 🎉 Amazon DynamoDB has lowered prices for on-demand throughput. Save 50% and say goodbye to capacity planning with automatic scaling. Don't miss out on this game-changing update. #cloudcomputing #AWSlaunch #DynamoDB
https://buff.ly/4frnZ5F…
https://buff.ly/4frnZ5F…
Amazon DynamoDB reduces prices for on-demand throughput and global tables - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon DynamoDB reduces prices for on-demand throughput and global tables
buff.ly
November 16, 2024 at 8:36 AM
🚀 Excellent news for #AWS serverless users! 🎉 Amazon DynamoDB has lowered prices for on-demand throughput. Save 50% and say goodbye to capacity planning with automatic scaling. Don't miss out on this game-changing update. #cloudcomputing #AWSlaunch #DynamoDB
https://buff.ly/4frnZ5F…
https://buff.ly/4frnZ5F…
ok I have to be honest there's some pretty shocking admissions in here
aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region
aws.amazon.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
ok I have to be honest there's some pretty shocking admissions in here
aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
3/ Here's a plain language of #Amazon #AWS updates:
12:11AM Pacific: something is up, error rates spike
12:51: Getting worse
1:25: Looks like the hotspot is DynamoDB at US-EAST-1
2:01: It's problem with DNS resolution [Root cause!]
2:22: We've put in initial mitigations, not over yet.
12:11AM Pacific: something is up, error rates spike
12:51: Getting worse
1:25: Looks like the hotspot is DynamoDB at US-EAST-1
2:01: It's problem with DNS resolution [Root cause!]
2:22: We've put in initial mitigations, not over yet.
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Amazon DynamoDB global tables with multi-Region strong consistency now supports additional AWS Regions and cross-continent configurations
DynamoDB MRSC now in 5 more regions! That's "Multi-Region Strong Consistency" for those who don't speak AWS acronym soup. RPO of zero, pricing of ∞.
DynamoDB MRSC now in 5 more regions! That's "Multi-Region Strong Consistency" for those who don't speak AWS acronym soup. RPO of zero, pricing of ∞.
September 24, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Amazon DynamoDB global tables with multi-Region strong consistency now supports additional AWS Regions and cross-continent configurations
DynamoDB MRSC now in 5 more regions! That's "Multi-Region Strong Consistency" for those who don't speak AWS acronym soup. RPO of zero, pricing of ∞.
DynamoDB MRSC now in 5 more regions! That's "Multi-Region Strong Consistency" for those who don't speak AWS acronym soup. RPO of zero, pricing of ∞.
Let's look at some more Rust 🦀 superpowers:
Here is an example (thanks to the amazing book by 🦁 @loige.co ), of *safely* retrieving data from Amazon DynamoDB.
Thanks to Rust's amazing Type system, we are able to ensure that what we retrieve from DynamoDB is actually what we want.
Here is an example (thanks to the amazing book by 🦁 @loige.co ), of *safely* retrieving data from Amazon DynamoDB.
Thanks to Rust's amazing Type system, we are able to ensure that what we retrieve from DynamoDB is actually what we want.
December 30, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Let's look at some more Rust 🦀 superpowers:
Here is an example (thanks to the amazing book by 🦁 @loige.co ), of *safely* retrieving data from Amazon DynamoDB.
Thanks to Rust's amazing Type system, we are able to ensure that what we retrieve from DynamoDB is actually what we want.
Here is an example (thanks to the amazing book by 🦁 @loige.co ), of *safely* retrieving data from Amazon DynamoDB.
Thanks to Rust's amazing Type system, we are able to ensure that what we retrieve from DynamoDB is actually what we want.
AWS reveals more bits of its cloud broke as it recovered from DynamoDB debacle
AWS reveals more bits of its cloud broke as it recovered from DynamoDB debacle
12 more hours of pain followed initial outage
Amazon Web Services has revealed that its efforts to recover from the massive mess at its US-EAST-1 region caused other services to fail.…
dlvr.it
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
AWS reveals more bits of its cloud broke as it recovered from DynamoDB debacle
Amazon DynamoDB global tables with multi-Region strong consistency is now generally available
DynamoDB global tables now support multi-Region strong consistency, enabling highly available apps with zero RPO. Ideal for user profiles, inventory, and financial transactions.
DynamoDB global tables now support multi-Region strong consistency, enabling highly available apps with zero RPO. Ideal for user profiles, inventory, and financial transactions.
June 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Amazon DynamoDB global tables with multi-Region strong consistency is now generally available
DynamoDB global tables now support multi-Region strong consistency, enabling highly available apps with zero RPO. Ideal for user profiles, inventory, and financial transactions.
DynamoDB global tables now support multi-Region strong consistency, enabling highly available apps with zero RPO. Ideal for user profiles, inventory, and financial transactions.
"Setting up the Backend with Amazon DynamoDB and AWS Lambda" by Shalom Bebebaraseigha
#amazon-dynamodb #typescript #backend #nosql #aws-lambda
#amazon-dynamodb #typescript #backend #nosql #aws-lambda
Setting up the Backend with Amazon DynamoDB and AWS Lambda
Build a production-ready backend with AWS Lambda and Amazon DynamoDB. Part 1 of Zero to Serverless covers NoSQL design, IAM security, and TypeScript
community.aws
September 19, 2026 at 8:30 PM
"Setting up the Backend with Amazon DynamoDB and AWS Lambda" by Shalom Bebebaraseigha
#amazon-dynamodb #typescript #backend #nosql #aws-lambda
#amazon-dynamodb #typescript #backend #nosql #aws-lambda
"Backend Engineering Interview Concepts for Production Part 4:Caching and Cache Invalidation on AWS" by Saurabh
#agent-toolkit #backend #amazon-elasticache #interview-prep #amazon-dynamodb
#agent-toolkit #backend #amazon-elasticache #interview-prep #amazon-dynamodb
Backend Engineering Interview Concepts for Production Part 4:Caching and Cache Invalidation on AWS
Learn how caching speeds up a Black Friday sneaker sale, and why cached prices can become outdated. Understand cache hits, misses, TTLs, and cache invalidation on AWS with Amazon ElastiCache and DynamoDB. Also build a project on AWS which implements this so you can learn hands-on with help of AWS Agent Toolkit. Interview questions shown at the end of the article.
community.aws
September 25, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"Backend Engineering Interview Concepts for Production Part 4:Caching and Cache Invalidation on AWS" by Saurabh
#agent-toolkit #backend #amazon-elasticache #interview-prep #amazon-dynamodb
#agent-toolkit #backend #amazon-elasticache #interview-prep #amazon-dynamodb
AWS databases are now on the Vercel Marketplace and v0.
With one click, spin up secure, production-ready databases like Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, and Aurora DSQL.
Set up in seconds, and your databases are instantly ready to scale.
With one click, spin up secure, production-ready databases like Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, and Aurora DSQL.
Set up in seconds, and your databases are instantly ready to scale.
January 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM
AWS databases are now on the Vercel Marketplace and v0.
With one click, spin up secure, production-ready databases like Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, and Aurora DSQL.
Set up in seconds, and your databases are instantly ready to scale.
With one click, spin up secure, production-ready databases like Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon DynamoDB, and Aurora DSQL.
Set up in seconds, and your databases are instantly ready to scale.
"Getting Started with Amazon DynamoDB: Understanding AWS's NoSQL Database" by Damath De Silva
#amazon-dynamodb #nosql #serverless
#amazon-dynamodb #nosql #serverless
Getting Started with Amazon DynamoDB: Understanding AWS's NoSQL Database
A beginner-friendly introduction to Amazon DynamoDB, covering NoSQL concepts, tables, items, partition keys, sort keys, CRUD operations, indexes, capacity, consistency, and how DynamoDB works with AWS Lambda and Terraform.
community.aws
September 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM
"Getting Started with Amazon DynamoDB: Understanding AWS's NoSQL Database" by Damath De Silva
#amazon-dynamodb #nosql #serverless
#amazon-dynamodb #nosql #serverless
Amazon has blamed today's massive outage on the "DNS resolution of the DynamoDB API endpoint in US-EAST-1."
@kentik.bsky.social observed a complete drop-off in traffic to this particular AWS service beginning at 06:55 UTC. Thousands of services around the world were impacted.
@kentik.bsky.social observed a complete drop-off in traffic to this particular AWS service beginning at 06:55 UTC. Thousands of services around the world were impacted.
October 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Amazon has blamed today's massive outage on the "DNS resolution of the DynamoDB API endpoint in US-EAST-1."
@kentik.bsky.social observed a complete drop-off in traffic to this particular AWS service beginning at 06:55 UTC. Thousands of services around the world were impacted.
@kentik.bsky.social observed a complete drop-off in traffic to this particular AWS service beginning at 06:55 UTC. Thousands of services around the world were impacted.
No, it’s the spiritual forerunner to AI slop code: a managed NoSQL database en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_...
Amazon DynamoDB - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
No, it’s the spiritual forerunner to AI slop code: a managed NoSQL database en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_...
AWS大規模障害の原因は「DNS管理システム」に潜んでいた設計上の欠陥だったことが判明
https://gigazine.net/news/20251024-aws-incident-amazon-dynamodb-dns/
https://gigazine.net/news/20251024-aws-incident-amazon-dynamodb-dns/
AWS大規模障害の原因は「DNS管理システム」に潜んでいた設計上の欠陥だったことが判明
日本時間の2025年10月20日に、Amazon Web Servicesの北バージニア(us-east-1)リージョンで大規模なサービス障害が発生し、世界中のウェブサービスやアプリが一時停止を余儀なくされました。Amazonはその後の調査で、AWSのデータベースサービスであるDynamoDBの自動DNS管理システムに設計上の欠陥があったためだということがわかりました。
gigazine.net
October 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
AWS大規模障害の原因は「DNS管理システム」に潜んでいた設計上の欠陥だったことが判明
https://gigazine.net/news/20251024-aws-incident-amazon-dynamodb-dns/
https://gigazine.net/news/20251024-aws-incident-amazon-dynamodb-dns/
Amazon Aurora DSQL Sidecar to DynamoDB — Part 1
"Unlock flexible query patterns by pairing Amazon Aurora DSQL with existing DynamoDB tables as a powerful sidecar strategy."
blog.serverlessadvocate.com/amazon-dsql-...
#AWS #Serverless
"Unlock flexible query patterns by pairing Amazon Aurora DSQL with existing DynamoDB tables as a powerful sidecar strategy."
blog.serverlessadvocate.com/amazon-dsql-...
#AWS #Serverless
Amazon DSQL Sidecar to DynamoDB — Part 1
Unlock flexible query patterns by pairing Amazon Aurora DSQL with existing DynamoDB tables as a powerful sidecar strategy.
blog.serverlessadvocate.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Amazon Aurora DSQL Sidecar to DynamoDB — Part 1
"Unlock flexible query patterns by pairing Amazon Aurora DSQL with existing DynamoDB tables as a powerful sidecar strategy."
blog.serverlessadvocate.com/amazon-dsql-...
#AWS #Serverless
"Unlock flexible query patterns by pairing Amazon Aurora DSQL with existing DynamoDB tables as a powerful sidecar strategy."
blog.serverlessadvocate.com/amazon-dsql-...
#AWS #Serverless