1a:[[48060054,{"by":"mittermayr","descendants":344,"id":48060054,"kids":[48065541,48061235,48066825,48067463,48060816,48063144,48061573,48065977,48060233,48065664,48066657,48164609,48061206,48065477,48063764,48060862,48060118,48060510,48066897,48068031,48068671,48061021,48072985,48069406,48065405,48076222,48065805,48066611,48060305,48062348,48074130,48071929,48073874,48061239,48078121,48143098,48060366,48066467,48065750,48069852,48071907,48067033,48060494,48061231,48076074,48064439,48072394,48068953,48066644,48066357,48068343,48076649,48066376,48071584,48110342,48069841,48066224,48061401,48071571,48094835,48075843,48061142,48076192,48079163,48075240,48067693,48061175,48067538,48067848,48171679,48135694,48067059,48106672,48060270,48140548,48060100,48066661,48061397,48068520],"score":477,"text":"I know what you're thinking... and I still can't believe it, but...

This morning, our database flagged a duplicate UUID (v4). I checked, thinking it may have been a double-insert bug or something, but no.

The original UUID was from a record added in 2025 (about a year ago), and today the system inserted a new document with a fresh UUIDv4 and it came up with the exact same one:

b6133fd6-70fe-4fe3-bed6-8ca8fc9386cd

We're using this:\nhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/uuid

I thought this is technically impossible, and it will never happen, and since we're not modifying the UUIDs in any way, I really wonder how that.... is possible!? We're literally only calling:

import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";

const document_id = uuidv4();

... and then insert into the database, that's it.

Additionally, the database only has about 15.000 records, and now one collision. Statistically... impossible.

Has that ever happened to anyone?! 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are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?","time":1762722153,"title":"Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)","type":"story"}],[45487519,{"by":"wallflower","descendants":441,"id":45487519,"kids":[45488759,45489782,45497297,45497926,45497529,45498099,45498207,45488929,45489106,45489370,45488930,45498029,45496818,45489391,45499745,45502310,45489690,45489206,45495874,45505158,45498987,45488848,45498827,45498906,45500102,45501475,45500373,45508272,45489284,45500054,45498013,45488919,45489141,45508120,45498481,45564445,45559433,45528506,45536864,45495532,45501150,45495511,45489645,45496046,45490042],"score":247,"time":1759723046,"title":"It's just a virus, the E.R. told him – days later, he was dead","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/well/sam-terblanche-virus-death-columbia.html"}],[43539544,{"by":"mywittyname","descendants":45,"id":43539544,"kids":[43541034,43540390,43541108,43540394,43541277,43542447,43542906,43541260,43540418,43542011,43542325,43582469,43554212,43541121,43545461,43542206,43600850,43544036,43541834,43544395,43543020,43588000,43549407],"score":62,"text":"Currently, I use Perplexity or ChatGPT via the web prompt for small coding tasks, but sometimes I'll use Ollama. Stuff like writing a shell script perform some task, or maybe a small Python function. I'd like to get to the next level, but I don't know where to start.

What are some good places to get started? What are the tools you use to get work done?

Some background: I mainly do data engineering using Python and Snowflake + MySQL. I use Pycharm as my dev environment, but I'd be open to changing that if there's a better option.","time":1743452795,"title":"Ask HN: What's the best way to get started with LLM-assisted programing?","type":"story"}],[38226030,{"by":"soasdfg","descendants":305,"id":38226030,"kids":[38226151,38226765,38226235,38237508,38226219,38232742,38240452,38226339,38226080,38226215,38226230,38249613,38226152,38226137,38226237,38236024,38247215,38234889,38232188,38226254,38233045,38226239,38226144,38239806,38232097,38226167,38240037,38232978,38250475,38227353,38226200,38226314,38240719,38226257,38239407,38238297,38246571,38226232,38226224,38228510,38226110,38248373,38239112,38238313,38239210,38239529,38228701,38232469,38246728,38226258,38232298,38238634,38226161,38226337,38262093,38239731,38256448,38226140,38262106,38249747,38237234,38250337,38226241,38249504,38247419,38255373,38226169,38238243,38240283,38242485,38226195,38241203,38237905,38236960,38238443,38226207,38226132,38226122,38239145,38235606,38228570,38237683,38247242],"score":185,"text":"$1b","time":1699659598,"title":"Ask HN: Is anyone else bearish on OpenAI?","type":"story"}],[35576828,{"by":"dimitropoulos","descendants":50,"id":35576828,"kids":[35576938,35577061,35576956,35577023,35576988,35577083,35577105,35577040,35577070,35578130,35577053,35577185,35577045,35577064,35580545,35577131,35577160,35577298,35577121,35577207,35577553,35577044,35577046],"score":52,"time":1681522218,"title":"Please fix your spinner","type":"story","url":"https://pleasefixyourspinner.com"}],[34787566,{"by":"alexzeitler","descendants":164,"id":34787566,"kids":[34787987,34788754,34787784,34788633,34787721,34787654,34788885,34790048,34787856,34788485,34787676,34787688,34787703,34788039,34787752,34788418,34787825,34791147,34787715,34801803,34788852,34787969,34787861,34788329,34787797,34788534,34788515,34787773,34789342,34790504,34788380,34788010,34788312,34787762,34789289,34801331,34791849,34788853,34791117,34788004,34788159,34788202],"score":253,"time":1676370335,"title":"Consultancies know less than they claim and cost more than they seem to","type":"story","url":"https://www.ft.com/content/fb1254dd-a011-44cc-bde9-a434e5a09fb4"}],[33517206,{"by":"timbritt","descendants":1,"id":33517206,"kids":[33517207],"score":1,"time":1667897029,"title":"Strange writings of the late Edmund Meadows to vanish at the end of this month","type":"story","url":"http://www.viking-z.org/"}],[33501929,{"by":"newsoul","descendants":97,"id":33501929,"kids":[33502864,33502300,33510550,33501961,33502839,33502885,33508111,33506146,33502730,33502693,33502899,33502504,33502728,33506451,33502607,33502719,33502495,33502838,33502787,33502658,33518149,33502901,33502333,33506951,33502276,33509317,33502781,33502898,33518266,33505009,33507936,33502744,33508716,33513600,33502841,33502692,33503556,33508336,33502759,33502846,33507411,33502375,33502652,33530919,33509286,33502482,33504126,33503315,33502509,33511600,33502890,33502697,33502723,33504008,33515802,33502995,33502714,33502359,33511631,33502944,33508334,33515441,33502550,33502511,33512457,33502526,33502740,33502552,33502679,33502736,33503039,33503436,33517887,33502572,33571394,33502849,33503002,33502946],"score":41,"text":"Considering that you started programming on your own as a self learner and have found success (whatever that means to you) as a programmer in life, what do you think were the reasons behind that?

Was it:

1. Formal CS or Math education alongside or later on?

2. Pure grit and consistency in completing stuff you started

3. Working in real projects at industry

4. Something else entirely","time":1667802578,"title":"Ask HN: What are the reasons behind your success as a self-taught programmer?","type":"story"}]]

1.	Law of Triviality(en.wikipedia.org) 2 points by timbritt 1 year ago \| 0 comments
2.	Strange writings of the late Edmund Meadows to vanish at the end of this month(viking-z.org) 1 points by timbritt 3 years ago \| 1 comment

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