Engineering topic

Data modeling.

Design schemas and keys around the questions your application needs to answer.

Put it into practice.

Guides & tutorials

Engineering guide3 min read

Choose document boundaries from access patterns, growth, and update behavior rather than translating relational tables one-for-one.

Beginner

Tutorial3 min read

Filter paid orders, group revenue by customer, and sort the result using a small dataset you can inspect by hand.

Beginner

Comparison3 min read

Understand why checking out a shopping basket and analyzing a year of sales ask very different things of a database.

Beginner

Engineering guide3 min read

Start with one application's reads and writes, then choose partition and sort keys that make those operations direct.

Intermediate

Comparison3 min read

Use application dependencies and operating requirements to choose a deployment model, not just a familiar product name.

Intermediate

Engineering guide3 min read

Think about query routing, data growth, and hot workloads before making a foundational modeling decision.

Intermediate