--- title: Scaling DynamoDB Capacity using AWS-CDK L1 Construct... description: The post discusses the different types of constructs in the AWS CDK and provides examples of how to define a DynamoDB table using these constructs. It also... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-dynamodb-capacity-using-aws-cdk-l1-construct-library-that-does-not-natively-support-auto-sca-ays0zurqn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Scaling DynamoDB Capacity using AWS-CDK L1 Construct Library that does not natively support auto-scaling in CfnTable construct | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses the different types of constructs in the AWS CDK and provides examples of how to define a DynamoDB table using these constructs. 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