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title: "Discussion on \"UUIDs, NanoIDs and ULIDs: Picking an ID Scheme That Will Not Haunt You Later\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"UUIDs, NanoIDs and ULIDs: Picking an ID Scheme That Will Not Haunt You Later\". Every backend eventually invents an ID. Some teams reach for auto-increment integers until a merge, a shard or a public URL makes that choice painful. Others paste uuid4() everywhere and discover year"
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# [UUIDs, NanoIDs and ULIDs: Picking an ID Scheme That Will Not Haunt You Later](https://toolsphare-dev-2026.hashnode.dev/uuids-nanoids-and-ulids-picking-an-id-scheme-that-will-not-haunt-you-later?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Every backend eventually invents an ID. Some teams reach for auto-increment integers until a merge, a shard or a public URL makes that choice painful. Others paste uuid4() everywhere and discover year

4d ago · 6 min read · toolsphare-dev-2026.hashnode.dev  
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