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A comment on Sqids – Generate Short Unique IDs from Numbers. Parent comment

Re:Sqids – Generate Short Unique IDs from Numbers by 4kimov on Saturday November 25, 2023 @01:52PM (#38415558)
[shard_number, primary_id_number, timestamp]
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Re:Sqids – Generate Short Unique IDs from Numbers by dumbo-octopus on Saturday November 25, 2023 @01:56PM (#38415605)
But then why not just arbitrary text?
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