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  • AWS Bites is the weekly show where we answer questions about AWS! This show is brought to you be Eoin Shanaghy and Luciano Mammino, certified AWS experts.
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  • 123. What do you need to know about DynamoDB?

    123. What do you need to know about DynamoDB?
    May 16 2024

    In this episode, we provide a comprehensive overview of DynamoDB, including how it compares to relational databases, when to use it, how to get started, writing and querying data, secondary indexes, and single table design. We share our experiences using DynamoDB and discuss the pros and cons compared to traditional SQL databases.


    💰 SPONSORS 💰 AWS Bites is brought to you by fourTheorem. If you need someone to work with you to build the best-designed, highly available database on AWS, give us a shout. Check us out on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fourtheorem.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

    In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

    • Our previous episode "122. Amazing Databases with Aurora": https://awsbites.com/122-amazing-databases-with-aurora/
    • Configurable Maximum Throughput on On-Demand tables: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/05/dynamodb-configurable-maximum-throughput-on-demand-tables/
    • Best practices for designing and using partition keys effectively: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/bp-partition-key-design.html#bp-partition-key-partitions-adaptive
    • The DynamoDB Book: https://dynamodbbook.com/
    • Alex DeBrie’s podcast / YouTube (not about DynamoDB per se but still worth a shout!): https://www.youtube.com/@SoftwareHuddle
    • One of Rick Houlihan’s talks on DynamoDB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfxBhvGpoa0


    Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address? Leave a comment here or connect with us on X, formerly Twitter: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/eoins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/loige⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    36 mins
  • 122. Amazing Databases with Aurora

    122. Amazing Databases with Aurora
    May 2 2024

    In this episode, we provide an overview of Amazon Aurora, a relational database solution on AWS. We discuss its unique capabilities like distinct storage architecture for better performance and faster recovery. We cover concepts like Aurora clusters, reader and writer instances, endpoints, and global databases. We also compare the serverless versions V1 and V2, noting that V2 is more enterprise-ready while V1 scales to zero. We touch on billing and additional features like the data API, RDS query editor, and RDS proxy. Overall, Aurora is powerful and scalable but not trivial to use at global scale. It's best for serious enterprise use cases or variable traffic workloads.


    💰 SPONSORS 💰 AWS Bites is brought to you by fourTheorem. If you need someone to work with you to build the best-designed, highly available database on AWS, give us a shout. Check us out on ⁠⁠⁠⁠fourtheorem.com⁠⁠⁠⁠!

    In this episode, we mentioned the following resources:

    • Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS): https://aws.amazon.com/rds/
    • Amazon RDS Aurora: https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/
    • RDS Aurora Serverless: https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/serverless/
    • Cost calculator for cost comparison: https://calculator.aws/#/estimate?id=4f950b71be8b31438dd12c7aebc9beae3f88179e
    • Cloudonaut podcast and blog post about Aurora Serverless V2: https://cloudonaut.io/review-aurora-serverless-v2/


    Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address? Leave a comment here or connect with us on X, formerly Twitter: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/eoins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/loige⁠⁠⁠
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    29 mins
  • 121. 5 Ways to extend CloudFormation

    121. 5 Ways to extend CloudFormation
    Apr 18 2024
    In this episode, we discuss 5 different ways to extend CloudFormation capabilities beyond what it natively supports. We started with a quick recap of what CloudFormation is and why we might need to extend it. We then covered using custom scripts and templating engines, which can be effective but require extra maintenance. We recommended relying instead on tools like Serverless Framework, SAM, and CDK which generate CloudFormation templates but provide abstractions and syntax improvements. When you need custom resources, CloudFormation macros allow pre-processing templates, while custom resources and the CloudFormation registry allow defining new resource types. We summarized recommendations for when to use each approach based on our experience. Overall, we covered multiple options for extending CloudFormation to support more complex infrastructure needs. 💰 SPONSORS 💰 AWS Bites is brought to you by fourTheorem, an AWS Partner that specialises in modern application architecture and migration. If you are curious to find out more and to work with us, check us out on ⁠⁠⁠fourtheorem.com⁠⁠⁠! In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: Ep. 31 "Cloudformation or Terraform": https://awsbites.com/31-cloudformation-or-terraform/Serverless Framework: https://www.serverless.com/SAM (Serverless Application Model): https://aws.amazon.com/serverless/sam/CDK (Cloud Development Kit): https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/Ep. 119 "The state of AWS 2024 (AnsWeRS community survey commentary)": https://awsbites.com/119-the-state-of-aws-2024-answers-community-survey-commentary/Ep. 93 "CDK Patterns - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly": https://awsbites.com/93-cdk-patterns-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/SLIC Watch: https://github.com/fourTheorem/slic-watchAWS SSO Utils by Ben Kehoe: https://github.com/benkehoe/aws-sso-utilJavaScript library to safely create custom CloudFormaion resources: https://www.npmjs.com/package/safe-cfn-custom-resourceClouformation CLI: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cliCloudformation CLI docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation-cli/latest/userguide/what-is-cloudformation-cli.htmlCloudonaut podcast "3½ ways to workaround missing CloudFormation support": https://cloudonaut.io/three-and-a-half-ways-to-workaround-missing-cloudformation-support/ Do you have any AWS questions you would like us to address? Leave a comment here or connect with us on X, formerly Twitter: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/eoins⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/loige⁠⁠
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    30 mins
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