Alternatively: UUID v7 and v8 seem like the better solution. They're the subject of a more formal standardization process; they're compatible with existing UUI

Alternatively: UUID v7 and v8 seem like the better solution. They're the subject of a more formal standardization process; they're compatible with existing UUIDs because they correctly set the version number and variant fields; v7 has exactly the same 48-bit POSIX timestamp as an ULID; and they already have widespread transformations to and from machine-readable form. Picking something primarily because of its human-readable form rather than its machine-readable form is probably not the best decision criterion.