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Moving Away from UUIDs (2018)
If you need an unguessable random string (for a session cookie or access token, for example), it can be tempting to reach for a random UUID, which looks like this: 88cf3e49-e28e-4c0e-b95f-6a68a785a…
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Databases & DataSoftware Engineering2022
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2022 | Moving Away from UUIDs (2018) by Alupis | 281 | 230 |
