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the_mitsuhikoyesterday at 4:50 PM1 replyview on HN

Sure, but that's not really the point is it? If you get a UUID you can store it as a UUID. If the UUID happens to come around as a v7 you get some better behavior in your database, and if it does not, then it does not but there is nothing you can do about.


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hnavyesterday at 5:18 PM

depends on the database, famously DynamoDB used to suffer from hotspotting when dealing with monotonically increasing keys

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