Here are some reasons for using UUIDs; not apply to all businesses: - client-side generation (e.g. can reduce complexity when doing complex creation of data on

Here are some reasons for using UUIDs; not apply to all businesses: - client-side generation (e.g. can reduce complexity when doing complex creation of data on the client side, and then some time later actually inserting it into to your db) - sequential ids leak competitive information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem - Global identification (being able to look up an unknown thing by just an id - very useful in log searching / admin dashboards / customer support tools)