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Created July 10, 2019 13:11
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Short unique ID (Ruby)
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shortid.rb
t = DateTime
id = t.now.strftime("%Y%m%d%k%M%S%L") # Get current date to the milliseconds
id = id.to_i.to_s(36) # will generate somthing like "5i0sp1h4tkc"
# Reverse it
id.to_i(36)
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