This month’s PgSQLPhriday #015 topic is about UUIDs. Lætitia Avrot is this month’s host, see her post for the full challenge text. The topic is described as a debate between the Database People and Developers. I’m not sure there’s such a clean divide on people’s opinions on the topic, as I know plenty of Database People that have settled on using UUIDs as their default. Similarly, I know even more developer types that have followed the arguably more conventional choice of using an auto-incrementing ID.
Click through for the debate. Most of this is similar to the argument on the SQL Server side, though without the specter of clustered indexes added to the mix.