I'm preparing for a system design interview where I need to build a service that accepts writes, stores the data in a database, and records events. The solution…
I'm designing a HIPAA-compliant healthcare web application using CloudFront and S3, Cognito, API Gateway with Cognito authorization, Lambda for API processing and sensitive-field encryption, DynamoDB, KMS, CloudTrail, and…
Hey everyone! I'm looking for recommendations on how to store and efficiently search across a vast amount of data. We've got a flattened table structure with around 300…
I've noticed a significant outage with DynamoDB on December 10th, but it seems like it wasn't as widespread as the last one. However, it still affected several other…
I'm building a notification system for missed calls, alerts, and other messages, and I've run into the 1MB response limit of DynamoDB that everyone talks about. My users…
I'm exploring options for streaming data in AWS and need some guidance. I have payloads that are under 1 KB in size and I'm looking to handle about…
Over the past couple of hours, I've been hit with a lot of 500 error responses (UnknownError) and there's also been an increase in throttling from DynamoDB. This…
I heard there were issues with DynamoDB on December 3 affecting the US East 1 and 2 regions, but I can't find any reliable news about it. AWS…
I've been put in a position where I have to use DynamoDB at my company, even though I think traditional relational databases would be a better fit for…
Hey everyone! I'm pretty new to AWS and just trying to wrap my head around the current situation. Can someone break it down for me in simple terms?…
Has anyone else encountered unexpected timeouts with AWS Lambda functions? I have a function that has run smoothly for over three years, but recently it started timing out…
I'm trying to figure out how writes work with Global Secondary Indexes (GSI) in DynamoDB. I'm dealing with a hot write problem and want to avoid hitting the…
I'm curious about the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for various AWS services, especially since we experienced significant downtime with DynamoDB and Lambda recently. If our business faced losses…
I'm really curious about the idea of multi-cloud as a potential solution after the recent AWS outage affecting DynamoDB. The Forbes article mentions how it could be a…
I'm facing a challenge where I need to store data related to coupons and items. The relationship is quite one-sided. Here's the situation: a coupon can include multiple…
I'm currently using DynamoDB for my project, but I'm hitting a limitation. There's a per-partition limit of 1000 writes per second in DynamoDB, and a small percentage of…
I'm wondering if it's possible to use the 'begins with' function specifically on a partition key in DynamoDB. Are there any limitations I should be aware of?
I'm working on an API proxy that will receive requests from a source system. It needs to query DynamoDB and then forward a request to a target API.…
I'm just getting started with DynamoDB and NoSQL, and I'm a bit stuck on how to set up my key structure for maximum efficiency. I've read that the…
Hey everyone! I'm running into a bit of an issue with my Node.js Lambda function that uses the AWS SDK for DynamoDB. When the Lambda function is cold,…