We have some app generated internal IDs which have a 1 character prefix by type and then base64 sequential stuff after that. I'll admit it's nice knowing the ty

We have some app generated internal IDs which have a 1 character prefix by type and then base64 sequential stuff after that. I'll admit it's nice knowing the type of an identifier by looking at it. I don't really like that they are strings, however. The original architect made some weird choices as far as deciding where and where not to optimize for performance.