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title = "A Serialized Mystery, in One Part"
slug = "serialized-mystery-one-part"
date = "2023-06-22"
updated = "2023-06-22"
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tags = ["software", "rnd", "proclamation", "upcsm"]
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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