Dynamo was a key factor to us when we were releasing the MVP of our News API [0]. We used Dynamo, ElasticSearch, Lambda and could make it running in 60 days while being full-time employed.
Also, the best tech talk I saw was given by Rick Houlihan on re:Invent [1]
I highly recommend every engineer to watch it: it's a great overview of SQL vs NoSQL
[0] https://newscatcherapi.com/blog/how-we-built-a-news-api-beta...
https://twitter.com/houlihan_rick/status/1472969503575265283
On that thread he criticizes AWS regarding DynamoDB openly.
> I will always love DynamoDB, but the fact is it is losing ground fast because AWS focuses most of their resources on the half baked #builtfornopurpose database strategy. I always hated that idea, I just bit my tongue instead of saying it.
> The problem is the other half-baked database services that all compete for the same business. DocumentDB, Keyspaces, Timestream, Neptune, etc. Databases take decades to optimize, the idea that you can pump them out like web apps is silly.
> I was very tired of explaining over and over again that DynamoDB is actually not the dumbed down Key-Value store that the marketing message implied. When AWS created 6 different NoSQL databases they had to make up reasons for each one and the messaging makes no sense.
> No one uses DynamoDB alone: they bolt it onto Postgres after realizing they have availability or scale needs beyond what a relational database can do, then they bolt on Elasticsearch to enable querying, and then they bolt on Redis to make the disjointed backend feel fast. And I'm just talking operational use cases; ignoring analytics here.
Perhaps MongoDB is prime for a comeback?
I've seen it used in many places over the years.
Today I would choose JSON in Postgres before I would just jump to Monogo but it certainly serves a purpose for many shops and it is still widely used AFAIK.
I _really_ miss RethinkDB.
Hat tip for compass, very nice tool I was just losing last week.
We use Atlas and it "just works" so no comment on administering mongo vs rethink haha.
If Rick's vouching for it maybe it's time to give it a try. It must be pretty mature by now.
Lots of good info in the response in this SO post
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10560834/to-what-extent-...