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How to Think in Access Patterns First With DynamoDB

Shifting mindset from SQL to DynamoDB-first thinking.

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Uriel Bitton
May 09, 2025
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If you’ve spent years building apps on relational databases, switching to DynamoDB can feel very strange.

I often tell folks to “forget everything you know” about relational databases.

Designing data on DynamoDB requires a very different mindset.

The biggest shift is that you don’t start with your data structure, you start with your access patterns.

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