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A uniformly random ID is really useful when you're implementing a distributed system and you want to evenly distribute the load. You can make certain useful ass
by hangonhn 8y ago
A uniformly random ID is really useful when you're implementing a distributed system and you want to evenly distribute the load. You can make certain useful assumptions when your IDs are uniformly random -- which is basically how hyerloglog works and how the article's author was able to approximate the progress of his jobs.