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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 +++

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