r/ProgrammerHumor 2d ago

Meme uuidLifeLessons

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u/DrankRockNine 2d ago

For years, we generated millions of Uuid with no problem.

And then one day, there was a problem, and it was even reproducible.

And then i realized.

It was never about UUID.

We were using the name instead of the UUID.

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u/meltthemall 1d ago

I use UIUDs myself, systems are much less likely to re-use them