How do you guys feel about using DynamoDB DataMapper for modeling the data within an app? https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/introducing-the-amazon-dynamodb-datamapper-for-javascript-developer-preview/ I wonder (sorry I’m not a real-world Node developer yet) if mapping DB’s data into models would match somehow the standards for Node-NoSQL/SST or if it would make some noise (in a bad way).

There are a few options out there like https://github.com/sensedeep/dynamodb-onetable

We use onetable and it works very well but, as others have said on this topic before, it's worth using the lower level APIs to begin with to get a good understanding of what's actually happening (and to read The DynamoDB Book by Alex DeBrie) before abstracting everything away

I’ve been using DynamoDB Toolbox for the past year, been pretty happy with it, although I wish the maintainer would let some other community folks help maintain it

Yeah, I like that one, but I'm concerned about the maintenance. Jeremy is incredibly busy with Serverless Cloud and his podcast and stuff, so I think it'll be neglected.

Yeah it looks like someone is helping him maintain now, just noticed some commits to an alpha branch in the last week

There was another tool I saw recently, but I can't recall the name. It would be good to hear about the experiences of others.