UUID Use Case
UUID Seed Data
Seed data should look like production — UUID keys, realistic relations — so demos and dev behave the same.
Demo-readyDistinct keysv4
Generated locally with the Web Crypto API — nothing leaves your browser.
What Is UUID Seed Data?
- Seed scripts that emit UUIDs produce portable, realistic datasets you can reload without key clashes.
- Because UUIDs are unique, re-seeding rarely collides with existing rows.
How to generate
- Generate UUIDs in the seed script, not hardcoded.
- Reference them across related seed rows.
- Idempotize by clearing the table first.
Use Cases
- Local development.
- Demo environments.
- Onboarding samples.
Code Examples
JavaScript
const id = crypto.randomUUID();Python
import uuid
id = uuid.uuid4()Frequently Asked Questions
Deterministic seed UUIDs?
If you need repeatable seeds, derive them from a fixed namespace (v5) rather than random v4.
Will re-seeding clash?
Clear-then-insert avoids clashes; with v4 you could also just insert and get new ids.
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