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Stop Using UUIDs: The Modern ID Spec (gist.github.com)
4 points by sebastiankade 660 days ago
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illuminant 660 days ago
I'm impressed. I scoffed and looked with skeptical interest. Sound arguments and smooth implementation!
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sebastiankade 656 days ago
Appreciated
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bscript 660 days ago
Can’t see the cons ?
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sebastiankade 656 days ago
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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