Stop Using UUIDs: The Modern ID Spec

Posted by sebastiankade on Thursday August 22, 2024 @05:51AM
from the gist.github.com dept.

https://gist.github.com/sebastiankade/8851b4f3c7286279360bb8dc8a7b9f8f

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Re:Stop Using UUIDs: The Modern ID Spec by bscript on Thursday August 22, 2024 @06:48AM (#41318762)

Can’t see the cons ?

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Re:Stop Using UUIDs: The Modern ID Spec by sebastiankade on Monday August 26, 2024 @07:50PM (#41363319)

Just realised that it will also have issues with horizontal scaling if you're relying on conflicts for shorter IDs. When you're that big I guess all can just be 22chars

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Re:Stop Using UUIDs: The Modern ID Spec by illuminant on Thursday August 22, 2024 @10:56AM (#41321033)

I'm impressed. I scoffed and looked with skeptical interest. Sound arguments and smooth implementation!

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Re:Stop Using UUIDs: The Modern ID Spec by sebastiankade on Monday August 26, 2024 @07:49PM (#41363316)

Appreciated

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