Otter@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 3 days ago8 versions of UUID and when to use themwww.ntietz.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarebitfucker@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 days agoI prefer CUID Just to clarify: Yes, I do know not all use cases are appropriate for CUID. But in general when generating ID, I’d use CUID2
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoAt the company I work at we use UUIDv7 but base63 encoded I believe. This gives you fairly short ids (16 chars iirc, it includes lowercase letters) that are also sortable.
minus-squareshotgun_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoI’ll be borrowing that little trick
minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoInteresting 👀 https://github.com/ulid/spec
Reject UUID embrace ULID.
I prefer CUID
Just to clarify: Yes, I do know not all use cases are appropriate for CUID. But in general when generating ID, I’d use CUID2
At the company I work at we use UUIDv7 but base63 encoded I believe. This gives you fairly short ids (16 chars iirc, it includes lowercase letters) that are also sortable.
I’ll be borrowing that little trick
Interesting 👀 https://github.com/ulid/spec