UUIDs (version 7)

Reading: uuid now properly supports version 7 counters, by Ashley Mannix, 24 June 2024.

For UUIDs, I believe the default answer is “use v4” (the random one). Especially as I forget that Nano ID is an option.

I’d not heard of v7 (the random but sortable one). It has been suggested for database keys as the raw bytes can be sorted. Not sure about the use case, but a unique sortable ID plus timestamp sounds useful.