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		barrkel 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Avoid UUID Version 4 Primary Keys in Postgres You shouldn't generally use PKs as public identifiers, least of all UUIDs, which are pretty user hostile.

mort96 4 months ago [–]

I really don't see the issue with having a UUID in a URL.

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