SMRTR ProgrammingDec 23, 2025Hacker Noon

DynamoDB: When to Move Out

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DynamoDB faces significant limitations as teams scale, including aggressive throttling that can make partitions inaccessible for up to 2.5 seconds, degraded P99 latencies under high throughput, restrictive 400KB item size limits, and vendor lock-in within AWS. These technical constraints often force organizations to implement workarounds or consider migration to more flexible alternatives.

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