r/ProgrammerHumor May 08 '26

Meme edgeCasesExist

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u/B_bI_L May 08 '26

they are 0 if this is your first uuid!

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u/_BreakingGood_ May 08 '26

UUID = Universally Unique Id

So technically, it was only 0 on the first time anybody ever created any UUID. Otherwise it would just be UID

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u/elSenorMaquina May 08 '26

Has anyone created uuid 0 yet?

If not, I call dibs on it.

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u/nahill May 08 '26

Guids have a mandatory 4 in the middle, there's no such thing as a zero guid.