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### Launch team

1. Sean Shriver ([switch180](https://github.com/switch180)) - Ported the whole lab to amazon-dynamodb-labs.com with a custom Hugo theme. Made the "bullet-proof" CloudFormation template for the lab. Updated the hands on lab to Python3
1. Daniel Yoder ([danielsyoder](https://github.com/danielsyoder)) - The brains behind amazon-dynamodb-labs.com and the co-creator of the design scenarios

### 2023 additions

The serverless event driven architecture lab was added in 2023:

1. Lucas Rettenmeier ([@rettenls](https://github.com/rettenls)) - Workshop creator for re:Invent 2021
1. Kirill Bogdanov - ([@kirillsc](https://github.com/kirillsc)) - Workshop creator for re:Invent 2021
1. Sean Shriver - ([@switch180](https://github.com/switch180)) - Presenter of the workshop at re:Invent 2021. Edited and merged the lab to labs.com.
1. John Terhune - ([@terhunej](https://github.com/terhunej)) - Prepared the lab guide for publshing to labs.com, editing and updating.



### 2021 editors

A new section of labs was added in 2021 that are more focused on introductory and beginner material.  The following individuals have contributed to those lab sections.

1. Chad Tindel - ([ctindel](https://github.com/ctindel)) - Created the CLI and Console Labs
1. Dhiraj Thakur - ([dhirajk1108](https://github.com/dhirajk1108)) - Created the Backups lab

### 2020 editors

The following individuals put in hours of their time to revamp the guide to make it more instructional and less procedural in Spring 2020.

1. Craig Liebendorfer - [@DynamoDB](https://twitter.com/DynamoDB) - Primary technical editor who provided edits to the whole team to incorporate
1. Prahlad Rao - ([prahladmr](https://github.com/prahladmr))
1. Navneet Deshmukh - ([NavneetDeshmukh](https://github.com/NavneetDeshmukh)) - he edited two exercises!
1. Pete Naylor - ([driftdiver](https://github.com/driftdiver))
1. Robert McCauley - ([robm26](https://github.com/robm26))
1. Zach Gardner - ([zachgardner](https://github.com/zachgardner))
1. Daniel Yoder - ([danielsyoder](https://github.com/danielsyoder))
1. Sean Shriver - ([switch180](https://github.com/switch180)) - Edited and merged everyone else's changes in addition to editing two sections on his own

### Original version

This lab was built to run on Qwiklabs in 2018. In 2020 it was rewritten and updated to run outside Qwiklabs.

A special thanks goes to Regis Gimenis ([regisgimenis](https://github.com/regisgimenis)) who is the original designer of the advanced design patterns. He did one of the most difficult tasks - creating a lab from scratch. Remnants of Regis' work are found throughout the Python files of the workshop and the lab guide. Without him, this site would not exist.