Show HN: I Built UUIDs-as-a-Service

#1

Post by kagitac » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 9:32 PM UTC

Show HN: I Built UUIDs-as-a-Service
uuidgen.dev

Re: Show HN: I Built UUIDs-as-a-Service

#2

Post by pledess » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 9:44 PM UTC

Can you outline advantages that this has over www.uuidgenerator.net (which supports multiple types of UUIDs, not only V4)?

(www.uuidgenerator.net can be accessed through its website or through the https://www.uuidgenerator.net/api API, which is also available on the https://graphql.stepzen.com service.)

Re: Show HN: I Built UUIDs-as-a-Service

#3

Post by kagitac » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 9:51 PM UTC

pledess wrote: post #2

Can you outline advantages that this has over www.uuidgenerator.net (which supports multiple types of UUIDs, not only V4)? (www.uuidgenerator.net can be accessed through its website or through the https://www.uuidgenerator.net/api API, which is also available on the https://graphql.stepzen.com service.)

I decided to build this the other day when I tried to use www.uuidgenerator.net, but it was down.

A benefit of this service is that it is deployed as a Cloudflare Worker, which is an edge computing platform so your requests are handled by the closest location to you.

Re: Show HN: I Built UUIDs-as-a-Service

#4

Post by PaulHoule » Tue, Nov 09, 2021, 9:53 PM UTC

It's just too tempting to be mischievous with a service like that and give the same UUIDs to different people.

Re: Show HN: I Built UUIDs-as-a-Service

#5

Post by chovybizzass » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 4:48 AM UTC

`const id = crypto.randomUUID()`

why would I not just do this?