Understanding How UUIDs Are Generated
After discovering ULIDs [0] I can&#x27;t see ever using UUIDs ever again.<p>ULIDs are sortable (time component), short (26 chars) and nearly human readable, and good enough entropy&#x2F;randomness for everything I&#x27;d ever be working on.<p>Does anyone have any criticisms of ULIDs? I can&#x27;t see how they don&#x27;t take over general purpose use of unique ids in the future except where a more guarantee of uniqueness is needed. (ie, bajillion records a second unique...)<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ulid&#x2F;spec" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ulid&#x2F;spec</a>