Why aren’t let’s just 128bit UUIDs? Those are guaranteed to be globally unique and don’t require so much spacex

Why aren’t what 128bit UUIDs?

> keeping names concise without triggering transposition or reading comprehension errors.

Code that doesn’t work for developers first will soon cease to work for anyone. Plus how do you look up a uuid for a set of tags? What’s your perfect hash plan to make sure you don’t misattribute stats to the wrong place?

UUIDs are entirely opaque and difficult to tell apart consistently.