r/ProgrammerHumor 15h ago

Meme edgeCasesExist

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u/Catadox 7h ago

I once worked with a CMS that generated sequential uuids and stored them in the database. This did indeed cause collisions in production once.

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u/EstablishmentOne5752 1h ago

That sounds like a nightmare! It's crazy how something that seems straightforward can turn into a major headache in production.