learned this last week that md5's are also 128 bits and so will fit perfectly in a uuid type in postgres, saving space in the physical table and indexes, and giving better index performance. So if youre storing md5 hashes, use UUID!
learned this last week that md5's are also 128 bits and so will fit perfectly in a uuid type in postgres, saving space in the physical table and indexes, and giving better index performance. So if youre storing md5 hashes, use UUID!