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You may also want to look at ULIDs
Depending on your requirements, you may also want to look at libraries that allow you to generate an ID using an existing identifier such as hashids. Unlike UUIDs (or other random values) these are predictable (if you know enough values and their original IDs, or watch new ones being created, you can reverse-engineer the mapping) but can still serve as a short, obfuscated value.
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