# The UX of UUIDs | Unkey - Host: [unkey.dev](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/unkey.dev/) - Saved: April 14, 2024 (2024-04-15T00:58:37Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/399bf3e91b56/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/399bf3e91b56.json ## What Jamie wrote Universally Unique Identifiers are used all over the place in software and often spill out into the user experience as well. > By implementing these improvements, we can enhance the usability and efficiency of unique identifiers in our applications. This will provide a better experience for both users and developers, as they interact with and manage various entities within the system. Whether it's copying identifiers with ease, differentiating between different environments, or achieving shorter and more readable identifier strings, these strategies can contribute to a more user-friendly and robust identification system. This article highlights a number of ways to make them more friendly for users. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT284: Weekly Thing 284 / Playdate, Tetris, Calvin](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/284/), Notable ## Saved the same week - [Peloton is a media company now, with media company problems](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1ba7e337e510/) (theverge.com, April 14, 2024) - [Kaspersky analysis of the backdoor in XZ | Securelist](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/85ff6c3119ce/) (securelist.com, April 14, 2024) - [Privacy Pro: DuckDuckGo's New 3-in-1 Subscription Service](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/84bbeaffe8cb/) (spreadprivacy.com, April 14, 2024) - [Lessons after a half-billion GPT tokens - Ken Kantzer's Blog](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f15b9306ec21/) (kenkantzer.com, April 14, 2024) - [What makes a great technical blog | notes.eatonphil.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e2c42df04ef1/) (notes.eatonphil.com, April 14, 2024) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://unkey.dev/blog/uuid-ux