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Re:PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key by vbezhenar on Friday July 05, 2024 @08:35PM (#40887287)
Do you ensure that your software does not form ridiculous numbers? Imagine that some christian person gets "666" number. What a scandal.

Do you ensure that your software does not form ridiculous words in every language? Or just another US-centric thing?

The idea of avoiding identifiers to be ridiculous is ridiculous to me, honestly...

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Re:PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key by solidsnack9000 on Friday July 05, 2024 @09:56PM (#40887670)
This is just not going work in a customer centric organization. If SABRE gave out PNRs like, I don't know, SEXGOD, it would make customers angry, and that is not even with any curse words. They are heavily filtered.

https://onemileatatime.com/insights/funny-airline-pnr/

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Re:PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key by alex_duf on Saturday July 06, 2024 @03:10AM (#40888687)
You can also get 666 in a quid for what it's worth
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