Stately Cloud

Stately Cloud

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We're building a database on top of DynamoDB that makes it easier to use. With our elastic schema, you can always change your mind and reconfigure your data model with automatic backwards compatibility.

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Encoding database keys so they sort correctly turns out to be trickier than you might think. We designed a special format that keeps numbers sorted as strings. These are the sort of edge cases we solve to make it easier to build single-table data models. stately.cloud/blog/encodin...

stately.cloudEncoding Sortable Binary Database KeysWhen building applications that need to store hierarchical data efficiently, developers often reach for patterns like DynamoDB’s single-table design, where you organize data into grouped, sortable lis...
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In a weird quirk of evolution, different crustaceans all end up evolving to look like crabs. Another convergent evolution is the inevitable march of database infrastructure towards something that looks like DynamoDB. Don't think it'll happen to you? stately.cloud/blog/sea-cre...

stately.cloudSea creatures evolve into crabs, databases evolve into DynamoDBAnimals in the Ocean Evolve into Crabs In evolutionary biology there’s a concept called “carcinization”. Put simply, there is a trend towards different crustacean species evolving to have crab-like bo...

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What do you think? Using a SQL database with those magic design patterns (no foreign keys, no joins, JSON documents). This slide is from Canva at #AWSreInvent keynote 🤔 Why not using a document database then?

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How do you get all the advantages of a SaaS platform but still keep full control of your data, AND get to use your negotiated AWS discounts and committed spend? The BYOC deployment model is the solution to this common problem: stately.cloud/blog/bring-y...

stately.cloudBring Your Own Cloud Keeps You in Control of Your DataWhen StatelyDB first started out, we only supported fully-hosted databases run by us. Not only was it faster for us (and customers) to get started that way, it let us take on all the operational pain ...
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What's the best way to reduce cloud costs? Stop doing unnecessary work! I cut read costs for my application by 60% by syncing data instead of reloading it all. This is such a common and effective pattern that it was one of the first things we built into StatelyDB. stately.cloud/blog/reducin...

stately.cloudReducing DynamoDB read costs by 60% using SyncAs a NoSQL database, StatelyDB exposes all the classic CRUD APIs you’re used to - Put, Get, Delete, and List. But there’s one other core API that we think is a game changer - SyncList. To explain why ...
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We've been hosting our own GitHub Action Runners but sometimes they go down. We whipped up a quick monitoring system that reports outages to our Slack. And we decided to go the serverless route and build using AWS Lambda with StatelyDB for persistence. stately.cloud/blog/monitor...

stately.cloudMonitoring GitHub Action Runners with StatelyDB, AWS CDK, and LambdaMonitoring GitHub Action Runners with StatelyDB, AWS CDK, and Lambda At Stately, we’ve been hosting our own GitHub Action Runners on-prem which has given us a lot of flexibility and control over our b...
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DynamoDB is great for consistent performance, but getting started on it (or changing anything afterwards) can be difficult. What if it was easier to model your data in a way that sets you up for success and lets you sleep through the night? stately.cloud/blog/data-mo...

stately.cloudData modeling in DynamoDB is awkward.DynamoDB provides an incredible set of no-frills features for building apps and services. It has consistent performance at any scale. Very low operational pain. Simple cost model. Missing from that li...
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DIM's been doing great since switching from Postgres to StatelyDB - costs are down and it's rock solid. I have a followup post coming soon that takes the wins even further.

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What does it look like to migrate the backend for a popular web app to StatelyDB (and by extension, DynamoDB)? A better developer experience, more efficient querying, and less operational overhead: stately.cloud/blog/migrati...

stately.cloudMigrating Destiny Item Manager to StatelyDBDestiny Item Manager (DIM) is an open-source, community developed companion app for Bungie’s Destiny and Destiny 2 video games. DIM is extremely popular among Destiny players, with over 500,000 monthl...
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What does it look like to migrate the backend for a popular web app to StatelyDB (and by extension, DynamoDB)? A better developer experience, more efficient querying, and less operational overhead: stately.cloud/blog/migrati...

stately.cloudMigrating Destiny Item Manager to StatelyDBDestiny Item Manager (DIM) is an open-source, community developed companion app for Bungie’s Destiny and Destiny 2 video games. DIM is extremely popular among Destiny players, with over 500,000 monthl...
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Hello Bluesky! We're Stately Cloud, and we're building a database on top of DynamoDB that makes it easier to use. With our elastic schema, you can always change your mind and reconfigure your data model with automatic backwards compatibility. Check out stately.cloud/blog/develop... to learn more.

stately.cloudDevelopers should be able to change their mindsYou know that feeling when you start a brand new project? It’s one of the best parts of being a software engineer. Empty repo on GitHub, blinking cursor in your editor, you joyfully work on some local...

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