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"Let’s not pretend like we are Google or AWS who have special needs around this. Any securely generated UUID with 128 bits is more than enough for us." Thank y

"Let’s not pretend like we are Google or AWS who have special needs around this. Any securely generated UUID with 128 bits is more than enough for us." Thank you. This is overthought so much, including with partially-random things like uuid3, 5, 7.

j16sdiz 3y ago
You need them when you don't have a quick, secure random source. Like virtual machines or embedded systems.
- hot_gril 3y ago
  If you don't have RNG, it's natural to think about a non-random UUID.