Customer Company Size
Startup
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Rockset
- DynamoDB
- Dynamoose
Tech Stack
- SQL
- NoSQL
- Blockchain
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
- Customer Satisfaction
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Software
- Professional Service
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Own the Moment is a pioneering startup in the sports NFT (non-fungible token) market, aiming to revolutionize sports fandom by offering digital collectibles of professional athletes. Their platform allows fans and investors to track real-time market values for NFL and NBA player NFTs, providing an online marketplace for buying and selling these digital assets. In addition to the marketplace, Own the Moment has developed a fantasy sports platform called The Owners Club, which debuted with a fantasy football league for the 2021-22 season. The company awarded $1.5 million in prizes to competitors based on their NFL fantasy teams composed of player NFTs. By gamifying sports NFTs, Own the Moment seeks to create more utility and excitement around them, offering greater opportunities for traders to profit from buying and selling player NFTs. As a small startup, they face the challenge of building a data infrastructure that can support their innovative offerings in the rapidly evolving Web 3.0 space.
The Challenge
Own the Moment faced significant challenges in building a robust data infrastructure to support their NFT marketplace and fantasy sports platform. The initial setup using Amazon's DynamoDB revealed several limitations, particularly in handling complex, large-scale queries required for their diverse contests. DynamoDB's NoSQL nature meant it lacked support for SQL commands like JOIN, necessitating data denormalization, which led to difficulties in maintaining data accuracy and increased storage needs. Additionally, the use of Dynamoose, an ORM tool, introduced latency issues, resulting in slow query performance. With the NFL season approaching, the company needed a solution that could handle real-time data ingestion, concurrent usage spikes, and efficient data exchange with the Ethereum blockchain.
The Solution
To address the challenges posed by DynamoDB's limitations, Own the Moment turned to Rockset, a real-time analytics platform. Rockset's user-friendly interface and SQL support allowed the development team to quickly build a new customer-facing leaderboard. The platform's Converged Index™ and automatic query optimizer ensured fast and reliable query performance without the need for custom indexing. By migrating their analytical operations to Rockset, Own the Moment achieved a significant improvement in query speed, with queries executing in 100 milliseconds or less, a 30x speed increase over DynamoDB. Rockset's serverless model also facilitated easy scalability, accommodating the dynamic usage patterns during peak game times. The transition to Rockset enabled Own the Moment to roll out a new player leaderboard in just three weeks, significantly enhancing developer productivity and query performance. The platform's capabilities allowed the company to handle all data retrieval and analytical calculations efficiently, supporting their NFT marketplace and fantasy sports platform.
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