That’s a neat way of obscuring the id. I don’t see how remote generation is an upside. If you’re using UUID as a database key, you’re hitting the DB anyway, so

That’s a neat way of obscuring the id. I don’t see how remote generation is an upside. If you’re using UUID as a database key, you’re hitting the DB anyway, so it doesn’t save a trip to the DB. There are plenty of uses for UUID like peer-to-peer apps where that makes sense, but the article is talking about database keys.