The standard UUIDs are long and you cannot select everything by double-clicking.
eg. 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000
I like shorter identifiers.
I like being able to double-click an identifier to select it.
My question is: are there any problems with encoding a standard identifier into an alphanumeric string of length 22 (ish) length of base62?
eg. 71jbvv7LfRKYp19gtRLtkn
EDIT: context added
Our needs are for general data storage in NoSQL storage services such as DynamoDB. Collision should not occur, but I understand that the risk of collision with UUID is negligible. The standard UUIDs will satisfy our needs, so I ask if there is any difference or additional risk or unanticipated encoding problems in base62 that does not exist with standard UUIDs?
Thank.
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