alt Hacker NewsMore broadly, this is the ages old surrogate vs natural key discussion, but yes the comment completely misses the point of the article. I can only assume they didn't read it in full!
More broadly, this is the ages old surrogate vs natural key discussion, but yes the comment completely misses the point of the article. I can only assume they didn't read it in full!
The article explicitly argues against the use of GUIDs as primary keys, and I'm arguing for it.
A running number also carries data. Before you know it, someone's relying on the ordering or counting on there not being gaps - or counting the gaps to figure out something they shouldn't.