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Re:Unexpected downsides of UUID keys in PostgreSQL by ljm on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:15PM (#36511960)
Uniqueness and the context is that we were modelling a chat conversation, so the limited precision presented issues with messages occasionally appearing out of order.

That also applied to our test suite so the choice was to use KSUID but still index a timestamp for accuracy, or just use an alternative with more precision.

Re:Unexpected downsides of UUID keys in PostgreSQL by esafak on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:56PM (#36512468)
What would you use for that application if you had to choose today?