Added phased startup string function for bringing services back online gradually

global/global.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package global
 import (
 	crand "crypto/rand" // Probably better than math/rand for this
 	"log"
+	"math/rand"
 )
 
 func GenerateRandomString(length int) string {
@@ -23,3 +24,15 @@ func GenerateRandomString(length int) string {
 	}
 	return string(charArray)
 }
+
+func PhasedStartupString() string {
+	// Redis is used for a lot of stuff, which means the Postgres DB gets HAMMERED on a fresh startup. Use
+	// this to generate a shuffled string that can be used to only allow e.g. UIDs starting with [x] to connect
+	// for the first however many seconds and incrementally expand access so that data doesn't need to be loaded all at
+	// once
+	chars := []rune("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789")
+	rand.Shuffle(len(chars), func(i, j int) {
+		chars[i], chars[j] = chars[j], chars[i]
+	})
+	return string(chars)
+}