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Re:PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key by rattray on Saturday July 06, 2024 @11:43AM (#40891103)
> Stripe are lying when they say their IDs are random

Where does Stripe make that claim?

I think most of the value of Stripe-style IDs is in their other properties, like the information they bear, readability, copy-pasteability (which uuids lack - double-click to select often stops at hyphens), etc.

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