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Khawaja Shams

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Khawaja Shams

@ksshams

CoFounder & CEO, @momentohq Ex-AWS ( DynamoDB Lead) Ex-NASA (Mars Rovers)

Joined March 2009

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Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Apr 3, 2023
A customer was considering leaving #dynamodb due to costs. @pj_naylor and I helped them save half a million dollars per year with one simple, magical, optimization. Want to save DynamoDB costs like a pro? Let’s start with some background…
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Mar 21, 2024
RIP Redis: How Garantia Data pulled off the biggest heist in open source history. Detailed blog linked - but checkout the thrilling story of this heist in 🧵first 👇 gomomento.co/redisos
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Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Jan 30, 2023
#DynamoDB strongly consistent reads are magical, but not for the reason most of us think. SC reads have higher latencies, lower availability, and cost more - but worth it if you use them for the right reasons. 🧵👇explains what they are & how to unlock their real power!
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@ksshams
Apr 26, 2023
DynamoDB GSI (Global Secondary Index) are magical if used properly. A primer 🧵 on how they work to help you make the most of them… 👇 A GSI is basically another DynamoDB table. A table by any other name would have just as many partitions…
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Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Sep 21, 2022
❤️ DynamoDB Import from S3 ❤️ @dynamodb must have made an error in pricing 😇. Depending on item size, you can populate your table 100x cheaper! Inserting 100 byte items: $12.50/GB. Importing items from S3: $.15/GB. You don’t have to pay for compute or write any code!
Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Apr 7, 2023
Interested in reducing your AWS Bill? You can save 50% or more by simply committing usage for 1 or 3 yrs. But RIs (Reserved Instances) are too big a commitment! DO NOT buy RIs before reading this 🧵 on cost savings lessons learned at @momentohq. Let’s start w/ background…
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Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Oct 30, 2023
#DynamoDB is the most magical AWS Service, so @alexbdebrie & I decided to put on a magic show w/ @momentohq! #ddb_magic Our favorite DynamoDB magic numbers in🧵will help you become an expert table magician by learning key internals! What's your favorite magic number?
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Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Jan 13, 2023
Amazon Leadership Principles are popular! But how do the PrincipAL Engineers work? The Amazon PE tenets are a hidden gem that every startup ought to consider when building a new engineering culture. Which is your favorite? Quick summary 👇 🧵 amazon.jobs/en/landing_pag…
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@ksshams
Sep 30, 2022
Building & operating @dynamodb, I learned building a mission critical #serverless service has a few simple ingredients: 1\ metrics, 2\dashboards, 3\ alarms 4\ canaries & most importantly 5\ an ops culture for continuous iteration. 🧵
Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Nov 2, 2022
Momento is officially out of stealth and our #Serverless Cache is GA! @dymxzvf have been hard at work with the entire @momentohq family. We are now deployed in mission-critical production workloads for multiple large-scale customers. Onwards!
Momento launches out of stealth with a serverless cache | TechCrunch
From techcrunch.com
Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Nov 6, 2023
AWS Lambda did not invent cold starts! It just made you realize that you have them. Cold starts existed even in the ancient days of servers! A 🧵outlining why cold starts have always been here! Imagine an autoscaled EC2 fleet behind an NLB 👇 # BelieveInServerless #serverless
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@ksshams
Dec 16, 2023
Will the real serverless cache please standup? S3 express is elastic, serverless, & a great cache in some scenarios. No elastic, serverless, or cache in its name, but don’t overlook it. Dive in on fast object stores, latencies, & when S3 express fits! gomomento.com/blog/is-s3-exp…
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Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Mar 28, 2023
Proud of @momentohq team for launching Momento Topics 📣, a low latency event messaging service that you can deploy & integrate in minutes. #serverless Scales to millions of subscribers, simple pay-per-use pricing of Momento, & ready for prod!
Momento just got more powerful: Introducing Topics
From gomomento.com
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Khawaja Shams
@ksshams
Sep 20, 2023
📣 I 💚 DynamoDB, the most durable AWS Service that powers so much of the internet! Let’s dive into magical optimizations that you can make today! Based on heartfelt DMs 💚, tweet 👇 already helped many customers improve DDB cost/perf/availability. events.gomomento.com/mo-lunchandlea…
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