you know what's amazing? everyone at Penn State has an access ID which has three letters followed by 1-4 numbers
this format has been in use since the mid-80s!
except for the handful of people who... don't!
@platypus yeah i’m kinda into it! its definitely a short enough cap that the “one letter off” issue is Very Real but that’s true for any procedural way of creating a short latin alphabet/alphanumeric as well so
@Satsuma oh that's kind of cool! I can see avoiding some real pitfalls other places have that way.