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+title = "A Serialized Mystery, in One Part"
+slug = "serialized-mystery-one-part"
+date = "2023-06-22"
+updated = "2023-06-22"
+[taxonomies]
+tags = ["software", "rnd", "proclamation", "upcsm"]
+[extra]
+toc = false
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+
+# *Mise en Scene*
+
+Imagine, if you will, that you're a computer programmer.
+
+ - programmers like efficiency
+ - databases have primary keys and keep indices
+ - uuids are useful but wasteful (note: NO BENCHMARKS!)
+ - ulids seem cool
+ - endianness
+ - profit
+
+# First steps
+
+## A puzzling failure