remove genUUID and unused useRandom hook

[balegas]

Use of crypto was creating problems with some platforms. This was also redundant because we also define a uuid() function.

• https://github.com/electric-sql/website/pull/65

[linear]

VAX-1246 Remove unused random generator functions

[thruflo]

genUUID is used in a bunch of places. Examples, docs, etc.

[balegas]

yep, pushed another commit right now. Checking if examples are still working (website is okay)

[balegas]

Tested with Expo and React native to double-check that uuid() polyfills are working on mobile environments.

Had to fiddle with React Native to get the code working again. I initially thought that this was because of upgrading to Sonoma, but apparently it is a global issue: CocoaPods/CocoaPods#12081

I got things working for me. @kevin-dp @thruflo could one of you check that React Native is also broken for you. If yes, I'll provide instructions.

[balegas]

• revert unintended formatting changes

[thruflo]

Attempting to verify. If I can get an 8GB iOS Simulator upgrade down over pub wifi ...

[thruflo]

React Native works fine for me.

[thruflo]

[balegas]

Cool. No hassle installing ruby libraries?

[thruflo]

Only with my own Xcode tooling.

[balegas]

Will be merging this since changes are not related with the instructions for React Native failing for me. Created a new issue to review React Native instructions with more recent version of cocoa pods.

[balegas]

@thruflo still need an approval

[kevin-dp]

@balegas how can i run this?

Because how it is configured it will use the published Electric image. If i do that i get errors. Should i run against a local build? But that's a bit tricky as it requires all the changes to expose the necessary ports.

[balegas]

@balegas how can i run this?

Because how it is configured it will use the published Electric image. If i do that i get errors. Should i run against a local build? But that's a bit tricky as it requires all the changes to expose the necessary ports.

@kevin-dp not sure if I missed something, but the answer is the same way you tested applications before, because nothing changed.

[kevin-dp]

@balegas how can i run this?
Because how it is configured it will use the published Electric image. If i do that i get errors. Should i run against a local build? But that's a bit tricky as it requires all the changes to expose the necessary ports.

@kevin-dp not sure if I missed something, but the answer is the same way you tested applications before, because nothing changed.

I don't think this works since we introduced the proxy and now the latest published image also uses the proxy but this app is not using the proxy.

[balegas]

@samwillis pulling you in on this one after conversation yesterday.
I opened this PR because genUUID() was causing problems and I decided to converge code to using uuid().

As you point out, we're overriding a global variable, so maybe we need to handle this better. We do that to ensure we use the right dep for the different envs. If we have one that works across that would simplify code. I think initially we decided not to go with a js-based approach because of higher collision rate. I'm happy with that tradeoff.

If you wish to fix this as part of your refactoring, I'm very happy. Otherwise, leave a comment here so we can pick it up later.

[balegas]

I'm, closing this PR and requesting #581 to be solved in VAX-1352