RNG

Amazon claims a quasi-random RNG data-center network (with ShuffleBox) boosts throughput and slashes energy use, with deployments since 2024 and ongoing European expansion.

A small database with 15k records experienced an actual UUID v4 collision, triggered by the uuid npm package; the thread analyzes the improbability, potential causes, and mitigations, with implications for data integrity and RNG reliability.

A technical audit of Apple’s RNG stack (arc4random, getentropy, CCRandomGenerateBytes) and related APIs, detailing kernel seeding, private/CoreCrypto implementations, and pragmatic guidance on when to use each for security-critical versus non-critical use-cases.