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		sicp-enjoyer on Nov 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moving Away from UUIDs (2018) Almost every database algorithm is based on ordering and binary search.

deathanatos on Nov 22, 2022 [–]

… and for which UUIDs are sortable.

OP called them "not sortable", which is a poor phrasing, as they're sortable. What he's likely getting at is that they're not ordered by generation time, which matters to some folks.

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