Why We Shifted Away from Database‑Generated IDs to 64‑Bit Domain IDs

The article explains how our team, while building a SQL Server data catalog, adopted decoupling principles to avoid coupling business logic to a specific database, opting for domain‑generated 64‑bit IDs instead of database‑generated keys, and discusses the benefits of Snowflake‑style ID generators.

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Why We Shifted Away from Database‑Generated IDs to 64‑Bit Domain IDs

High Availability Architecture

Jan 8, 2021 · Backend Development

Why We Shifted Away from Database-Generated IDs to 64‑Bit Integer IDs

The article explains how decoupling persistence from a specific database engine and moving ID generation to the domain layer using 64‑bit integer identifiers—leveraging the Twitter Snowflake algorithm and the IdGen library—improves scalability, reduces coupling, and avoids the storage overhead of UUIDs.

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Why We Shifted Away from Database-Generated IDs to 64‑Bit Integer IDs