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Comment by matja

> UUID versions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are already outdated.

Interesting comment, since v4 is the only version that provides the maximal random bits and is recommended for use as a primary key for non-correlated rows in several distributed databases to counter hot-spotting and privacy issues.

Edit: Context links for reference, these recommend UUIDv4:

https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/uuid

https://docs.cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/schema-design#uui...

parent matja 8 months ago

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