Follow these tips to ensure that your database schema delivers maximum utility for data warehouse users, data analysts, and data scientists.

The post pandemic period is one wherein being tech-savvy has become an absolute necessity. Today, business-houses have got to store huge amounts of data while simultaneously analyzing it. And although spreadsheets could combat this problem to an extent, they’re not a dependable solution in the long run. This is why the need for a versatile database management tool has risen, which can have all your information and ideas just a click away.

Data and information are the main currency of the 21st century. When managing applications, we have to deal with reams of data and store it for future use, either in our file system, in the memory of the application or in designated data management apps, also known as databases. Traditionally, databases have been local applications that required installation, management and maintenance.

DynamoDB is a NoSQL database offered by AWS. It can be a great way to avoid adding load to your primary database when you need tens of thousands of reads/writes per second. In this article, Julie Kent walks us through the basics of using DynamoDB with Rails.