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.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 data/
-./shortify/
+shortify/

examples/main.go

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"git.tijl.dev/tijl/shortify"
+	"git.tijl.dev/tijl/shortify/pkg/generation"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 )
 
@@ -13,6 +16,9 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	// example decoding
+	fmt.Println(generation.DecodeBase62("11uPoqA1W"))
+
 	// listen the admin interface
 
 	unixListener, err := shortify.GetUnixListener("./shortify/admin.sock")

pkg/generation/generation.go

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	idSize      = 4                   // 4 bytes for random part
+	idSize      = 6                   // 4 bytes for random part
 	prefixSize  = 2                   // 2 bytes for client prefix
 	rawIDLength = prefixSize + idSize // total 6 bytes
-	base62Len   = 8                   // 6 bytes encoded in base62 ~ 8 chars
+	//base62Len   = 8                   // 6 bytes encoded in base62 ~ 8 chars
 	poolSize = 10000
 )