What running DynamoDB and Keyspaces at scale takes in 2026
Join Alex DeBrie and AWS for a live session on what's changed for these databases, from DynamoDB's brand-new vector search to the problems every team runs into once the tables start piling up.
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What's new, and what's next, for DynamoDB and Keyspaces
If you run DynamoDB or Keyspaces at scale, the ground just shifted under you. AI agents are changing how you build on these databases, DynamoDB shipped vector search days ago, and design advice everyone treated as gospel, like single-table design, is suddenly up for debate. Meanwhile the old questions haven't gone anywhere: do you actually know what's in these thousand tables, and can you get one record back without restoring the whole thing?
That's a lot to track, so we brought in the people who'd know. Alex DeBrie, author of The DynamoDB Book, is building one of the first live demos of DynamoDB vector search anywhere, live attendees only. He's joined by AWS's Vikas Panghal, who leads Keyspaces and part of DynamoDB, and Eon's Ohad Maislish.
What you'll walk away with:
- DynamoDB or Keyspaces: which one, and why the choice sticks
- Where vector search fits, and what AI agents actually make easier
- Whether single-table design still earns its keep in the AI era
- What an AI agent can surface about what's really in your tables
- How to get one record back without restoring everything
Why come live? The last segment is a live-only demo you won't catch in the recording: Alex running DynamoDB vector search against real data and showing how you'd set it up yourself. The newest thing in this space, from one of the people who knows DynamoDB best.
Bring your questions! There will be live Q&A throughout the session.