Anish Gandhianishgandhi.com·Apr 4, 2024How to choose between the UUID and the sequential ID as the Primary key in Xano?At the initial stage of creating the data table, Xano will ask to choose the primary key as UUID or the sequential ID. There is no easy way I could find to change the existing table primary key from sequential ID to UUID which makes this decision mor...Discuss·106 readssequential id
pramithas dhakalpramithasdhakal.com·Mar 10, 2024Unique Id Generation:How to generate unique ids in a distributed system. Why are unique ids important in distributed systems? Let's try to understand this with a real example. In twitter, millions of tweets are generated everyday and to handle these tweets, there are tho...Discuss·32 readsuniqueid
Webhortizwebhortiz.hashnode.dev·Jan 22, 2024UUIDs / ULIDs in Laravel v10I remember when I first came across auto-incremented integer values as Primary Key in MySQL. It seem pretty cool then later came across UUIDs and then ULID. For starters, what are UUIDs and ULIDs? What is a UUID? UUID stands for Universally Unique Id...DiscussLaravel 10
Timothy Adeyeyetimothy.hashnode.dev·Aug 31, 2023Selecting the Right ID Strategy for Your MongoDB Data Model: ObjectID vs UUIDIntroduction In the foundation of application development, a crucial question often emerges: to autogenerate or to craft? I imagine that you want to build a software system that's not only functional but destined to scale into something grand. This i...Abdulmalik Kehinde Bello and 1 other are discussing this2 people are discussing thisDiscuss·18 likes·247 readsMongoDB
Ryan SyedforsystemDesign fyiblog.systemdesign.fyi·Aug 8, 2023Mastering ID Generation in Distributed SystemsIn working with distributed systems, it is essential to identify various resources such as database records, servers, files, or people. To avoid confusion, we must generate unique IDs for each resource. Nonetheless, due to the nature of distributed s...Discuss·77 readsuuid
Muhamad Hassanmuhamadhhassan.me·May 20, 2023Using ULID in Laravel FrameworkIn a previous post, we talked about how ULID can be a better choice for primary keys in MySQL than UUIDs. In this tutorial, we will go over how to use ULID in Laravel Framework. ULID has been supported in Laravel since v9.30.1 and has received some i...Discuss·3.0K readsLaravel
Beatrice Ushikeicyybee.hashnode.dev·May 17, 2023Implementing UUIDs in React: Enhancing Performance and SecurityWhat is UUID? Imagine a bustling digital society, where every person has a unique name, ensuring that no two individuals share the same identity. Similarly, in the world of web development, a familiar challenge arises when managing data and that's wh...Discuss·2 likes·269 readsReact
Muhamad Hassanmuhamadhhassan.me·Apr 30, 2023Using Unique Identifiers as Primary Key in MySQLUnique identifiers are used to distinguish one object from another. They are commonly used to identify entities such as users, files, processes, network devices, and other objects. Unique identifiers are often implemented using a numerical or alphanu...Discuss·1 like·901 readsMySQL
Yadukrishnanyadukrishnan.live·Jan 1, 2023ULID - Sortable Unique IdentifierLearn about ULIDs, a 128-bit identifier that's lexicographically sortable and making it an ideal alternative to UUIDs for order preserving unique identifiers. Introduction While building software applications, we need to generate random identifiers ...Discuss·4 likes·5.3K readsScala
Luís Marquesluismarques.hashnode.dev·Dec 21, 2022How to Generate a Global Unique Identifier (UUID) with JavaScriptA UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) is a string of characters that is guaranteed to be unique across all devices and time. UUIDs are widely used to uniquely identify resources such as database entries or files. What exactly is a UUID? A UUID is a st...Discuss·824 readsJavaScript
