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Bala Subramanyam Pinnamaraju

Author: Bala Subramanyam Pinnamaraju

Bala is a Lead Consultant at AWS Professional Services who brings expertise in modernizing .NET workloads and building cloud-based solutions on AWS. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bala-pinnamaraju-69ab8815/

Adapting Pagination from SQL Server to Amazon DynamoDB for .NET Applications

When you migrate .NET applications from SQL Server to Amazon DynamoDB, your existing pagination patterns need adaptation. .NET applications commonly use page number navigation with Language Integrated Query (LINQ) Skip() and Take() methods, which rely on SQL Server’s OFFSET/FETCH NEXT clauses and indexed ordering to provide consistent navigation experiences. DynamoDB’s distributed NoSQL architecture uses a […]

Implementing Scalable DynamoDB Counter Operations in .NET Applications

Introduction Web applications use counter operations to deliver interactive user experiences. Whether tracking social media engagement metrics or managing e-commerce inventory levels, these operations must be both reliable and scalable. This post walks you through two architectural patterns that deliver predictable performance. To illustrate these patterns, let us consider a social media application post-liking feature. […]