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I strongly suggest UUIDv7, with our birthdate encoded as time. Ordering the world population by birthday becomes so easy. Plus no endless discussion on wether

by chtitux 10mo ago

I strongly suggest UUIDv7, with our birthdate encoded as time. Ordering the world population by birthday becomes so easy. Plus no endless discussion on wether or not we should use UUID as primary key.

layer8 10mo ago
People wouldn’t be fond of their name divulging exactly how old they are.
- withinboredom 10mo ago
  I mean, it’s not hard to guess how old people are…
  - layer8 10mo ago
    It’s hard for that guess to be accurate, though. Some people look ten years older or younger than they really are.
  - pnut 10mo ago
    Yeah but think of the automated age discrimination during resume/CV screenings.
- augusto-moura 10mo ago
  It's not a matter of being fond of, we're trying to be efficient here