> Having monotonically increasing IDs for non-distributed systems removes the possibility of duplicate IDs. In parler's case, having monotonically increasing I

> Having monotonically increasing IDs for non-distributed systems removes the possibility of duplicate IDs. In parler's case, having monotonically increasing ID typed as signed 32-bit integer _guaranteed_ duplicate IDs once they reached 2.1 billion unique items. This is well-known failure mode, and yet it took them by surprise. https://twitter.com/adrianbowyer/status/1348761214428569602 https://twitter.com/adrianbowyer/status/1348761214428569602