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Re:Avoid UUIDv4 Primary Keys by dpark on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:26PM (#46277469)
In my experience, virtually every time I bake concrete data into identifiers I end up regretting it. This isn’t a case of trying to predict all possible future changes. It’s a case of trying to not repeat the exact same mistake again.
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Re:Avoid UUIDv4 Primary Keys by groundzeros2015 on Monday December 15, 2025 @03:33PM (#46280197)
I don’t disagree with that, I’m disagreeing with this comment that we can’t make protocol or data decisions that might change.
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Re:Avoid UUIDv4 Primary Keys by dpark on Monday December 15, 2025 @03:56PM (#46280531)
I misunderstood then. I interpreted your comment to say that you eschew generalization (e.g. uuids) in favor of concrete data (e.g. names, email addresses) for ids in your designs.
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