Data Loss

How to prevent race condition in AWS DynamoDB and Lambda

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# Preventing Race Conditions in AWS DynamoDB with Lambda and Kinesis Pipelines ## Summary A pipeline processes DynamoDB updates via Kinesis and Lambda functions: – **Lambda A** reads items and publishes versioned events (`{key, version, …}`) to Kinesis – Kinesis partitions events by key – **Lambda B** consumes events and writes updates to DynamoDB **Problem:** … Read more

The Most Common Data Loss Scenarios (Real World)

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Data loss is rarely caused by exotic bugs or Hollywood-style hacker attacks.In the real world, data disappears because of boring, predictable, human-made mistakes—often by experienced teams under pressure.This article breaks down the most common real-world data loss scenarios, based on production incidents, post-mortems, and failure patterns that keep repeating across companies of all sizes.If you … Read more