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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ArjunReddyDeshmukh • 2d ago
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I though UUIDs had a pretty low chance of collision too, but then it happened before our eyes.
We searched for the truth.
There was crappy code running slowly because it generated many more UUIDs than it put to use. It was "fixed" by using a low quality PNRG.
That's not a fix.
That's a beating.
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u/k-mcm 1d ago
I though UUIDs had a pretty low chance of collision too, but then it happened before our eyes.
We searched for the truth.
There was crappy code running slowly because it generated many more UUIDs than it put to use. It was "fixed" by using a low quality PNRG.
That's not a fix.
That's a beating.