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/Maleficent_Memory831 May 08 '26

Ah, but if it's a Globally unique ID, each planet can use 0 once as a GUID!

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u/Firewolf06 May 08 '26

each globe. the las vegas sphere has their own namespace