There are so many nuances and edge cases not mentioned in the article. The author needs to do several projects in real life before making global pronouncements like this.
> If you click and buy any of these from Amazon after visiting the links above, I might get a commission from their Affiliate program.
When one wonders why that was included they might discover that the "short ID" example given near the top of the post is an Amazon link. One might then further wonder what the purpose of this article is.
My title is too presumptive. Yet, the reality for almost everyone who doesn't interface with other systems that already require UUID is that.
The brief article gives some points – backed by trustworthy sources – and shows some alternatives without further ado. I didn't spend days writing it. I could cover many more scenarios but didn't invest my time in it. So what?
Not the person you're replying to, but the end of the first paragraph in your article is
> and I want you to understand why you *certainly* don’t need it
(emphasis mine)