“When you bring a UUID into this world you have a responsibility to see that his existence is not wasted. You are his only hope to have a meaningful life; no other programmer will ever see that UUID. He is a special snowflake that has waited for an eternity to be born and serve as an ID. To minimize the needless abuse, only create a UUID when you are sure that he will be needed. If you accidentally create a UUID which you do not need, euthanize it by deleting all copies as soon as possible.” - × × ×