In a previous article, I talked about Snowflake IDs. They are great, but they require a bit of configuration because you need to manage "Worker IDs."
If you want something simpler that gives you the same benefits - secure URLs and fast database sorting—you should look at ULIDs (Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifiers).
Why not just use UUIDs?
Most developers switch from auto-incrementing integers to UUIDs because they want to hide their business volume. If your order ID is order/550e8400-e29b..., no one knows if you have 1 customer or 1 million.
But UUIDs have a major problem: they are completely random.
