dynamodb

Scan vs Query in DynamoDB: Stop Wasting Read Capacity Units

Let’s talk about one of the most common (and costly) mistakes I see in serverless applications using Amazon DynamoDB: overusing `Scan` when a `Query` would do the job better — faster, cheaper, and more predictably.

Alan Blockley

Let’s talk about one of the most common (and costly) mistakes I see in serverless applications using Amazon DynamoDB: overusing Scan when a Query would do the job better — faster, cheaper, and more predictably.

“The ‘scan is easier and we don’t need indexes’ anti pattern

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