# DynamoDB

## Notes

* Each item has a unique primary key and any number of attributes.
* Scanning for an item means looking through **every item in a table** thus it is less efficient than query search.
* Table is a collection of items, and each item is a collection of attributes.

## Links

* [Intro to Dynamo](https://gist.github.com/jlafon/d8f91086e3d00c4bff3b)
