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Imagine you’re not using a storage platform that supports that access pattern. Think S3, DynamoDB or even a directory of files. Being able to encode your sort k
by orf 5y ago
Imagine you’re not using a storage platform that supports that access pattern. Think S3, DynamoDB or even a directory of files. Being able to encode your sort key in your primary key is a pretty nice property.
- datavirtue 5y agoHmmm...Now I'm wondering why I never bothered to prepend a timestamp to a GUID.
- orf 5y agoBecause then it wouldn’t be a UUID in a format that other systems might expect or work more efficiently with.