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I'm sure I take bigger penalty hits for less, sorry but UUID's "click" in my head and they prevent a whole slew of foot-guns. It would be one thing if auto-inc was the same as UUID but there are really annoying things with auto-inc (not knowing the id until after insert being top of mind) and also you can generate UUID's client-side/offline if needed. Yes, I know some people argue for auto-inc as primary and still use UUID for client-facing but I don't understand what that really gets you and it seems way more complicated.



Typically, it gets your performance. And if performance is what you need it may be one of the simpler things you can do.




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