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Re:Mistakes Beginners Make When Working with Databases by acveilleux on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @11:52AM (#11863063)
This was probably the weakest suggestion in the article.

That said, the default SERIAL type in postgres is 32-bit signed integer so it can be surprising when you exceed 2B items.

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Re:Mistakes Beginners Make When Working with Databases by _quick_q on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @12:03PM (#11863173)
That's why BIG SERIAL exists. :-)
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