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Twitter snowflakes are unsigned 64-bit ids designed to be created in a distributed fashion.
by krinchan 5y ago
Twitter snowflakes are unsigned 64-bit ids designed to be created in a distributed fashion.
- tatersolid 5y agoBut they require a separate global distributed HA clustered service just for ID generation. This makes no sense from a cost or complexity perspective unless you’re Twitter-scale.