ULIDs Are Faster Than Auto-Increment IDs. Yes, Really. I Benchmarked 46 Million Rows to Prove It.
ULIDs are supposed to be slower than auto-increment IDs. I tested both variants across 6 data tiers on MySQL 8, from 1,700 rows to 46 million. At scale, ULIDs were up to 63% faster. Here's why.
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