Updating README + Creating idgen package and importing it

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diff --git a/idgen/id_generator.go b/idgen/id_generator.go
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+// id_generator.go
+package idgen
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Define the character set for the generated IDs.
+	chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
+
+	// Define the desired length of the generated IDs.
+	idLength = 8
+)
+
+// Initialize the random number generator.
+func init() {
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+}
+
+// GenerateID generates a short and readable ID.
+func GenerateID() string {
+	id := make([]byte, idLength)
+	for i := 0; i < idLength; i++ {
+		id[i] = chars[rand.Intn(len(chars))]
+	}
+	return string(id)
+}