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ekiru
3883 days ago
10 base-36 digits is only around 52 bits, compared to the 112 random bits in a UUIDv4. 2^52 might be enough for particular use-cases, but it's nowhere near a UUID in terms of randomness. Even 10 base-64 digits is only 60 bits.