Jason Fantl personal blog
Cosmologically Unique IDs
We are an exploratory species, just past the solar system now, but perhaps one day we will look back and call our galaxy merely the first. There are many problems to solve along the way, and today we will look at one very small one. How do we assign IDs to devices (or any object) so the IDs are guaranteed to always be…
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Systems & PerformanceDatabases & Data2026
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2026 | Cosmologically Unique IDs by jfantl | 467 | 151 |
