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		sgarland 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Avoid UUID Version 4 Primary Keys in Postgres Yes, and for Postgres, it also causes WAL bloat due to the high likelihood of full page writes.

dotancohen 5 days ago [–]

Could you expand on this? I use postgres often and though I could have an LLM explain what you mean, I think I'd learn more to hear it from you. Thank you.

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