- frontend: uuid() helper (crypto.randomUUID -> getRandomValues) for plain-HTTP LAN UAT
- slabs.py: empty SKU at create -> NULL (no-SKU-yet is transient, filled in Review)
- review.py: ready-gate enforces REVIEW-45 (SKU 3-24 alnum+hyphen) in the middle tier
- DB CHECK stays as backstop only (referential/structural), per layering principle