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151 points danso | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 02:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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notorandit ◴[05 Jul 25 05:15 UTC] No.44470235[source]▶
> typical database column

Typical for 70s and 80s.

Honestly, designing a 21st century database is a different thing if compared to back then.

You can use 128 bit integers, provided that you really want to use integers. And maybe you put a timestamp along.

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jarofgreen ◴[05 Jul 25 06:33 UTC] No.44470544[source]▶
or use UUID/GUIDS, many databases (eg PostgreSQL) and frameworks (eg Django) support them.
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1. dwedge ◴[05 Jul 25 06:44 UTC] No.44470593[source]▶
Using uuids can cause lots of problems with indexing, fragmentation, row size and index size