Why I Use UUIDv7 for Blog Post URLs
When I migrated this blog from Middleman to Hugo, I made a deliberate choice that might seem unusual: I use UUIDv7 identifiers as the URL slugs for all my blog posts. Instead of URLs like /why-i-use-uuidv7/ or /2025/12/why-i-use-uuidv7/, my posts live at addresses like /019a5150-2c00-79db-af2a-8c2a0bf021a7. The Problem with Traditional URL Schemes In my experience, most blogs use one of two URL patterns: Slugified titles: /why-i-use-uuidv7-for-blog-urls/ Date-based paths: /2025/12/04/why-i-use-uuidv7-for-blog-urls/ I used the latter option for years. Both approaches have drawbacks that became increasingly problematic as I thought about the long-term evolution of this blog. ...