UUID Collision (opens in new tab)

(stackoverflow.com)

14 pointssandes2y ago14 comments

14 comments

listenallyall2y ago

I prefer ULIDs to UUIDs.

https://github.com/ulid/spec

paulddraper2y ago

I don't get the relevance

martinky242y ago

He just wants to sound smart

PaulHoule2y ago

I think I've coined about 60 million random UUIDs. I definitely have done projects on such a scale that I would have coined a few billion UUIDs if I'd used UUIDs.

v3ss0n2y ago

everything that could go wrong , can and will go wrong

lampshades2y ago

Except this, apparently.

lampshades2y ago

I clicked this thinking and hoping someone saw a collision. Disappointing that wasn't the case.

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14 comments

listenallyall2y ago

I prefer ULIDs to UUIDs.

https://github.com/ulid/spec

paulddraper2y ago

I don't get the relevance

martinky242y ago

He just wants to sound smart

PaulHoule2y ago

I think I've coined about 60 million random UUIDs. I definitely have done projects on such a scale that I would have coined a few billion UUIDs if I'd used UUIDs.

v3ss0n2y ago

everything that could go wrong , can and will go wrong

lampshades2y ago

Except this, apparently.

lampshades2y ago

I clicked this thinking and hoping someone saw a collision. Disappointing that wasn't the case.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse