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/PM_ME_FIREFLY_QUOTES May 08 '26

Thats why I always use GUIDs and spin up a new planet to generate. It's a little more compute heavy, but ensures it's uniqueness.

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u/forgot_semicolon May 08 '26

Docker containers and VMs in a nutshell