Honestly I don't know what the tradeoffs are . I usually rely on the db to create the id (regardless if its SERIAL / UUID). The only time I get create a UUID ou

Honestly I don't know what the tradeoffs are . I usually rely on the db to create the id (regardless if its SERIAL / UUID). The only time I get create a UUID outside is if the client needs a UUID in its initial state. For example if tracking a users progress through a form it allows you to skip a useless creation roundtrip in order to perform the first update). Yeah thats pretty much it! Less code in the functions -> less inconsistencies with the db. And for example removing an enum in the db would fail all your front end components using it, so it's really across the whole pipeline.