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0 pointsorf1d ago0 comments

In what world is generating a UUID more expensive than checking for duplicates? at any scale?

Walk me through that please

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Yeah, that was a little sloppy but it's generating is more expensive than not generating. In more words, generating an id and validating uniqueness is more expensive than only validating uniqueness.

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erikerikson1d ago

Yeah, that was a little sloppy but it's generating is more expensive than not generating. In more words, generating an id and validating uniqueness is more expensive than only validating uniqueness.

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