ULID
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Dec 9, 2025first mention
Oct 24, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“ULID is what I use.”
“I've been using ULIDs [0] in prod for many years now, and I love them.”
switched from sequential int IDson “Avoid UUID Version 4 Primary Keys in Postgres”
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“This is why ULID exists and why I use them in my ext_id columns.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Data: ulid.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 5
“ULID is what I use.”
“Older designs like ULIDs (https://github.com/ulid/spec) and Snowflake IDs”
“I've been using ULIDs [0] in prod for many years now, and I love them.”
“This is why ULID exists and why I use them in my ext_id columns.”
“The cryptographic strength tradeoffs (against UUIDv7) seem rough for a lot of applications, though.”