Agreed. It's usually better to use a standard if there is one. To be specific its at: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#page-7 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rf

Agreed. It's usually better to use a standard if there is one. To be specific its at: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#page-7 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#page-7 Note that it excludes the use of ~ because it has special meaning in some file systems. Nano ID includes ~. It's a good demonstration of why sometimes a standards comittee is better than a lone developer: A group of people and reviewers are more likely to think of everything.