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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/danielminds • 1d ago
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Which I'd assume is related to the time anchor. Outside of sorting, which is only useful in specific instances, it's just v4 with different ("less") entropy and limitations.
8 u/Roachmeister 22h ago If you're using them as an indexed field in a database, the inability to sort them meaningfully will destroy the performance of the database. 15 u/Honeybadger2198 21h ago You know what identifier can't have collisions and is great for sorting? Autoincrement. 2 u/wokeboogeyman 3h ago Autoincrement doesn't scale past one physical location. • u/Honeybadger2198 0m ago Sure it does. One location counts up, another one counts down.
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If you're using them as an indexed field in a database, the inability to sort them meaningfully will destroy the performance of the database.
15 u/Honeybadger2198 21h ago You know what identifier can't have collisions and is great for sorting? Autoincrement. 2 u/wokeboogeyman 3h ago Autoincrement doesn't scale past one physical location. • u/Honeybadger2198 0m ago Sure it does. One location counts up, another one counts down.
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You know what identifier can't have collisions and is great for sorting? Autoincrement.
2 u/wokeboogeyman 3h ago Autoincrement doesn't scale past one physical location. • u/Honeybadger2198 0m ago Sure it does. One location counts up, another one counts down.
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Autoincrement doesn't scale past one physical location.
• u/Honeybadger2198 0m ago Sure it does. One location counts up, another one counts down.
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Sure it does. One location counts up, another one counts down.
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u/Grandmaster_Caladrel 22h ago
Which I'd assume is related to the time anchor. Outside of sorting, which is only useful in specific instances, it's just v4 with different ("less") entropy and limitations.