🗄️ Why You Should Avoid UUIDv4 Primary Keys
A practical, experience-driven read for database engineers — blending theory and real-world profiling to illuminate key design trade-offs.
This in-depth technical essay explains why UUIDv4 performs poorly as a primary key in PostgreSQL. Its randomness causes fragmented indexes, higher latency, and inefficient writes. The author suggests alternatives such as UUIDv7 or integer-based approaches, providing practical guidance for improving database performance and managing existing UUID-heavy systems.
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🌾 U.S. Farmers Link Parkinson’s to Toxic Pesticide
A powerful investigation into the collision of environmental science, regulation, and corporate responsibility — highlighting systemic gaps in agricultural safety.
Thousands of American farmers are suing Syngenta and Chevron, claiming that years of exposure to the pesticide paraquat led to Parkinson’s disease. Despite its global ban in many countries for extreme toxicity, paraquat remains permitted in the U.S. under regulation. The lawsuits spotlight corporate transparency issues and ongoing EPA reviews under political pressure.
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💾 Will Turso Be the Better SQLite?
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🧠 Virtualizing NVIDIA HGX B200 GPUs with Open Source Tools
A deeply technical and practical guide for infrastructure engineers — showcasing open-source GPU virtualization at scale for AI and cloud applications.
Ubicloud engineers explain how they achieved full GPU virtualization for NVIDIA HGX B200 systems using open-source technologies. The article details NVLink/NVSwitch architecture, PCIe alignment, Fabric Manager configuration, and optimization steps for high-performance, multitenant GPU workloads in the cloud.
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