{
  "id": 2000173,
  "title": "Dynamic machine ID leases in Elixir",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/dynamic-machine-id-leases-in-elixir",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-19T18:55:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/juulsme/dynamic-machine-id-leases-in-elixir-4inj"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Distributed ID generators often look simple: combine a timestamp, a counter, and a machine ID. NoNoncense uses that idea for fast counter, sortable, and encrypted nonces. It is a wonderfully fast design, right up until two running nodes receive the same machine ID. The hard part is not incrementing a counter. It is deciding who may use each machine ID, especially when pods are replaced, nodes…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}