The creator of Cuid, Eric Elliot, claims to have run into collisions with UUIDs. I'm extremely skeptical of that claim. It's far more likely that the site he wa

The creator of Cuid, Eric Elliot, claims to have run into collisions with UUIDs. I'm extremely skeptical of that claim. It's far more likely that the site he was working on had an implementation issue. Anyway, here's the article where he explains his motivation for Cuid. https://medium.com/javascript-scene/identity-crisis-how-modern-applications-generate-unique-ids-39562736f557 https://medium.com/javascript-scene/identity-crisis-how-mode...