GUIDs & UUIDs? Nah…

Summary

The transcript discusses the introduction of GUID Version 7 in .NET 9 and highlights ULID (Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifier) as a practical solution for generating sortable, unique identifiers. ULIDs are extremely fast to create and particularly useful in distributed systems and cloud computing environments. To use ULIDs, developers can simply install the ULID package and call the ulid.do.new method, with the added flexibility of converting them back to GUIDs if needed. The key takeaway is that while .NET 9 introduces a new GUID type, existing solutions like ULID remain efficient and readily available for developers.