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Re:PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key by codetrotter on Friday July 05, 2024 @07:21PM (#40886945)
> not form ridiculous words

Depends on what you mean by ridiculous.

For example https://sqids.org/ ensures that there are no profanities in the generated ids. And it allows you to add additional words that you want to avoid.

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Re:PostgreSQL and UUID as Primary Key by solidsnack9000 on Friday July 05, 2024 @09:57PM (#40887676)
It does but it allows common names, the name of the deity, common words, &c. I suspect you have to do something like an earlier poster suggested -- strip out all the vowels to start with...
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