When are you truly forced to use UUID as part of the design?

Question

I don\'t really see the point of UUID. I know the probability of a collision is effectively nil, but effectively nil is not even close to impossible.

Answer 1

On UUID==lazy design

I disagree its about picking your fights. If a duplicate UUID is statistically impossible and the maths is proven then why worry? Spending time designing around your small N UUID generating system is impractical, there are always a dozen other ways you can improve your system.