How to Generate UUIDs and When to Use Them
Tutorialsuuid2/21/2026
UUIDs give you globally unique identifiers without a central server. Version 4 (random) is the most common for distributed systems, databases, and APIs.
We cover when to use UUIDs vs auto-increment IDs and how to generate one or many in a single click. Try the free tool on [Buggable.dev](https://buggable.dev) for quick, client-side results.