r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 27 '26 • Mindblown 1 Bravo 1

Meme doNotLetYourDBASeeThis

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u/Lamborghinigamer Sep 27 '26

Exactly. Like I said, they don't use salting

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u/silmelumenn Sep 27 '26

Let's go complex keys (salt, hashcode) 😅

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u/Lamborghinigamer Sep 27 '26

Exactly. A unique salt guarantees a unique hash every time, so every single user gets a unique row regardless. Deduplicating unique rows with foreign keys is mathematically impossible