[throwaway82452]

> The thing that would put me off using DynamoDB is the same reason I wouldn't use any other tech - can I download it?

Amazon provides a downloadable version for development. I don't know how close it is to the real thing, but it makes it easier to do local dev.

Localstack also supports it in their paid version

[dygd]

The downloadable version is nowhere near ready for production. It's performance is also excruciatingly slow.

[tempworkac]

It doesn't really make any sense to use it locally - the whole point is that it's managed. If you just want a clustered key value store you could use Cassandra, Garnet, etc.

[plandis]

I think people mostly use it for unit testing functionality since it’s generally a faster dev loop compared to running integration tests.

[snapcaster]

It's not supposed to be used for production, it's supposed to be used for development