Encoding database keys so they sort correctly turns out to be trickier than you might think. We designed a special format that keeps numbers sorted as strings.

These are the sort of edge cases we solve to make it easier to build single-table data models.

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The DynamoDB team wrote a blog post explaining why you need StatelyDB's Elastic Schema.

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In a weird quirk of evolution, different crustaceans all end up evolving to look like crabs. Another convergent evolution is the inevitable march of database infrastructure towards something that looks like DynamoDB.

Don't think it'll happen to you? stately.cloud/blog/sea-cre...

Developing software with agentic AI isn't the future - it's the present. Are our infrastructure tools, and especially our databases, ready for it? No way.

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What do you think? Using a SQL database with those magic design patterns (no foreign keys, no joins, JSON documents). This slide is from Canva at #AWSreInvent keynote
🤔 Why not using a document database then?

What happens when you combine the power of an AI copilot with the safety of a schema that only allows you to make safe changes? Try it out with our new StatelyDB MCP server!

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How do you get all the advantages of a SaaS platform but still keep full control of your data, AND get to use your negotiated AWS discounts and committed spend? The BYOC deployment model is the solution to this common problem:
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What's the best way to reduce cloud costs? Stop doing unnecessary work! I cut read costs for my application by 60% by syncing data instead of reloading it all. This is such a common and effective pattern that it was one of the first things we built into StatelyDB.

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We've been hosting our own GitHub Action Runners but sometimes they go down. We whipped up a quick monitoring system that reports outages to our Slack. And we decided to go the serverless route and build using AWS Lambda with StatelyDB for persistence.

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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 🧵

DynamoDB is great for consistent performance, but getting started on it (or changing anything afterwards) can be difficult. What if it was easier to model your data in a way that sets you up for success and lets you sleep through the night?

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DIM's been doing great since switching from Postgres to StatelyDB - costs are down and it's rock solid. I have a followup post coming soon that takes the wins even further.

What does it look like to migrate the backend for a popular web app to StatelyDB (and by extension, DynamoDB)? A better developer experience, more efficient querying, and less operational overhead: stately.cloud/blog/migrati...

One thing I wish I knew before learning #AWS:

Start with the core services like EC2, S3, SQS, SNS & DynamoDB. These are the foundation of AWS, and many other services like ECS, App Runner & EventBridge build on them. Mastering these basics makes it much easier to learn and use the rest effectively!

Hello Bluesky! We're Stately Cloud, and we're building a database on top of DynamoDB that makes it easier to use. With our elastic schema, you can always change your mind and reconfigure your data model with automatic backwards compatibility. Check out stately.cloud/blog/develop... to learn more.