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Aren't UIDs effectively the same as integers in this case? Seems like it's conceptually similar to using the MD5 hash of the integer ID. Wouldn't it still cause

Aren't UIDs effectively the same as integers in this case? Seems like it's conceptually similar to using the MD5 hash of the integer ID. Wouldn't it still cause exactly the same issues mentioned in the article? Anything non-random would.

IAmEveryone 9y ago
UUIDs (two 'U') are random.
- lvh 9y ago
  UUIDv4s are. The other kinds are deterministic. (And to be fair, quite rare ;))
- Promarged 9y ago
  To be precise only v4 UUIDs are (pseudo-)random, and not the entire thing, there are some version bytes.