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Re:Nanosecond timestamp collisions are common by eru on Saturday July 22, 2023 @10:48PM (#36832139)
Just explicitly use (time, random uuid) as a key in your sorting, instead of sullying your uuid with time information?
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Re:Nanosecond timestamp collisions are common by 15155 on Sunday July 23, 2023 @10:58AM (#36835951)
ULID schemes aren't just about big endian sorting advantages, they often better enable time-based sorting mechanisms.
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