"Crockford Encoding" could be useful, and when your short names are Crockford Encoded, they are easier to share by people.
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Tim Bunce <tim.bu...@pobox.com> wrote: > Create short names that encode a timestamp and a fixed prefix in a > format that's unlikely to match normal names. > > A typical use-case would be the creation of database table names or > file names in situations where you need to minimize the risk of > clashing with existing items. > > The generated names can be detected and parsed to extract the > timestamp. >
