diff --git a/internal/generate/unique.go b/internal/generate/unique.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d6c1a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/generate/unique.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package generate
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"encoding/hex"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+func UUID() string {
+	// must be addressable
+	u := uuid.New()
+
+	return hex.EncodeToString(u[:])
+}
+
+func Hex(l int) string {
+	b := make([]byte, l)
+	if _, err := rand.Read(b); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return hex.EncodeToString(b)
+}