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No, but I think most people overoptimise on the shiny stuff ("oooooh, I saved some bits!") over the important stuff (nasty surprises, several years from now).
by jacques_chester 12y ago
No, but I think most people overoptimise on the shiny stuff ("oooooh, I saved some bits!") over the important stuff (nasty surprises, several years from now).
- ed0 12y agoYeah, but sometimes "saving some bits" is really important. It's also really inconvenient to work with UUIDS, like in writing SQL queries etc. The solution these guys came up with obviously works for them.
- scardine 12y agoPrecisely the argument from Dilbert's Y2K episode: http://www.tv.com/shows/dilbert/y2k-12015/ http://www.tv.com/shows/dilbert/y2k-12015/
- lmm 12y agoHow are these eager.io IDs any easier to work with in SQL queries etc.?
- wtbob 12y ago> It's also really inconvenient to work with UUIDS, like in writing SQL queries etc. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/datatype-uuid.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/datatype-uuid.html makes it look pretty easy…