Wrap-Up
This chapter has been quite a ride! We explored not just the very interesting and powerful DynamoDB but also a broad swathe of AWS offerings, and we built a pretty darned scalable data pipeline for use in a far-away datacenter. DynamoDB presents us not just with a relatively ops-free experience but always with a data model that sits in a nice middle point between the granularity of SQL and the minimalism of most NoSQL data models.
DynamoDB’s Strengths
The strengths of DynamoDB have been on display throughout this chapter. It enables you to skip all the installation and setup steps and get started building immediately. And if you build something small, there are few intrinsic limits to how big it can get (if, of course, you have the ...
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