Understanding How UUIDs Are Generated

Re:Understanding How UUIDs Are Generated by j-pb on Thursday October 01, 2020 @02:24AM (#24647943)

I don't see how a distributed system is an "extreme condition". If you don't have distributed ID generation, why not use an auto incrementing u64 and call it a day?

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Re:Understanding How UUIDs Are Generated by Vanderson on Thursday October 01, 2020 @10:08AM (#24650937)

I will have at most 100 users generating an ID in a day (on the project I am using ULIDs with). The possibility of them having a conflict with generating the ULID is so low that I don't even consider it a concern.

So, "extreme condition" is one where someone could actually generate a conflict. A realm of production I don't work in. (maybe Twitter/Facebook would have this problem)

Therefore, I feel an easier to use/work with UID like ULID is both reasonable and preferable over other options.

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