thetimewotitis

I mean in theory, it doesn't have to be a serial number, and I think that's better. Something about it suggests being enlisted in a national army.

It says the state assigns "A body" a number.

-vs-

The state is made up of us as individuals.

So while the serial keyfield is a data engineers dream, politically I'd welcome something more personal.

Time of birth/parents and other identifying information is on our birth certificates in the UK. Concatenate some of that.

I could be.

DavidAndrewEvans-01011980-0036-MRI-JeanDavis-AlexEvans

Name-DOB-TOB-LocationCode-Parent(s)

Location of Birth like an airport code - MRI (Manchester Royal Infirmary), Parent(s)... i mean we can use their birthdates too.

I actually quite like the idea of it. It seems intrinsically validating to a person to identify them in this way.

I would love you to get all this in JUCE or w/ever and make a plugin.

have you seen https://differentinstruments.com/ ?