[karmakaze]

Not only the development of the key format, but the post itself could have been 3 lines (with the leading example):

  38QARV0-1ET0G6Z-2CJD9VA-2ZZAR0X

  1. Use UUIDv7 as the base ID to leverage timestamps
  2. Encode the ID using Crockford Base32 for readability
  3. Add artfully placed dashes for aesthetics

It seems to me like an exercise in persuasion like how Steve Jobs was sold on the idea of the NeXT logo by Paul Rand[0]. I myself prefer good ideas to be self-evident, but I tend to underestimate the value of salesmanship.

[0] https://modernspecies.com/blog/post/understanding-the-200k-l...