Function encodeToUint63

bridge/bridge.go:548–554

(input string)

}

func encodeToUint63(input string) *int64 {
	hasher := fnv.New64a()                  // Create a new FNV-1a 64-bit hash
	hasher.Write([]byte(input))             // Write the input string as bytes
	hash := hasher.Sum64()                  // Get the 64-bit hash
	result := int64(hash & ((1 << 63) - 1)) // Mask the MSB to ensure 63 bits and convert to int64
	return &result
}

// Bluesky's API returns a letter ID for each user,
// While twitter uses a numeric ID, meaning we