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		coolspot 54 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Exploring PostgreSQL 18's new UUIDv7 support But what if we just use milliseconds as our bigserial? And maybe add some hw-random number at the end to avoid conflicts? Wait

tracker1 54 days ago | [–]

Somehow +1 on this comment just doesn't feel like enough.

crazygringo 54 days ago | [–]

Oh yeah, it would be an identifier but it would be unique. Across the universe of all devices, effectively. Should come up with a name for that

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