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Rolf Streefkerk

Sorry I got triggered by your comment Rob. DynamoDB is a fully fledged DB solution with global tables (multi region) and caching (DAX) built in. Amazon and other major corporations use it to for peta-byte scale databases. In terms of design and built for purpose for cloud it will beat MongoDB on performance without actually having to install and manage anything.

See the use cases here: aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/

It's highly recommended to use with local installs available on Docker.

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Rob Kendal {{☕}}

Hey Rolf, no need to apologise sir and I definitely don't like the sound of triggering anyone 😬

But that's my bad, I phrased it poorly.

Of course Dynamo DB is a full solution. What I meant was, in Nadia's context of not having a lot of back end experience, something like Dynamo DB will give her some persistent storage with the hassle of setting up a full, traditional-style, relational DB. It also brings a much shallower learning curve too, especially when, as you say, there's no installation and managing of things.

Thanks for highlighting!