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jokull on March 3, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Postgres: The Bits You Haven't Found

I’m not sure I understand. The way Instagram do it, they ensure uniqueness across shards so reporting should not have to merge anything.

malkia on March 3, 2013 [–]

I guess the point is, that you don't need to "ensure uniqueness across..."

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