When I have enough time, I'm usually using 125-bit ID which I convert to 25 alphanumeric characters (something like [A-Z0-9] excluding [IO01]).

Standard UUID length is 36 characters. So you have identifiers 11 characters less and they're actually a tiny bit more readable and writeable if you decide to type them for some reason.

If you are looking for a monotonously increasing, sortable ID, you might then want to consider ULID[0] which predates UUID v7/v8.

It is probably not the right choice if you require a cryptographically strong and unique ID.

[0] https://github.com/ulid/spec