diff --git a/backend/api/Cargo.lock b/backend/api/Cargo.lock
index 7a8f69ff12..39c75499c7 100644
--- a/backend/api/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/api/Cargo.lock
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "465a6172cf69b960917811022d8f29bc0b7fa1398bc4f78b3c466673db1213b6"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-router",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ checksum = "76464446b8bc32758d7e88ee1a804d9914cd9b1cb264c029899680b0be29826f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -476,6 +476,18 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitvec"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bc2832c24239b0141d5674bb9174f9d68a8b5b3f2753311927c172ca46f7e9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "funty",
+ "radium",
+ "tap",
+ "wyz",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "blake2"
 version = "0.9.2"
@@ -947,7 +959,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "strsim 0.9.3",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -961,7 +973,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "strsim 0.10.0",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -972,7 +984,7 @@ checksum = "d9b5a2f4ac4969822c62224815d069952656cadc7084fdca9751e6d959189b72"
 dependencies = [
  "darling_core 0.10.2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -983,7 +995,7 @@ checksum = "9c972679f83bdf9c42bd905396b6c3588a843a17f0f16dfcfa3e2c5d57441835"
 dependencies = [
  "darling_core 0.13.4",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1020,7 +1032,7 @@ checksum = "ee7e7ea0dba407429d816e8e38dda1a467cd74737722f2ccc8eae60429a1a3ab"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1033,7 +1045,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustc_version",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1045,7 +1057,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "darling 0.10.2",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1212,7 +1224,7 @@ checksum = "aa4da3c766cd7a0db8242e326e9e4e081edd567072893ed320008189715366a4"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
@@ -1271,6 +1283,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "funty"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6d5a32815ae3f33302d95fdcb2ce17862f8c65363dcfd29360480ba1001fc9c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.24"
@@ -1353,7 +1371,7 @@ checksum = "42cd15d1c7456c04dbdf7e88bcd69760d74f3a798d6444e16974b505b0e62f17"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1472,7 +1490,7 @@ checksum = "bd411a8d6fe6ed182c435b1e011c269a6c581efa9da9672b37863b2c1c0871dd"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "sha2 0.10.5",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1887,13 +1905,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.9.9",
  "shared",
  "sqlx",
+ "strong_id",
  "time 0.3.16",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-actix-web",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.1.2",
+ "uuid 1.4.0",
  "yup-oauth2",
 ]
 
@@ -2045,7 +2064,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2315,7 +2334,7 @@ checksum = "b501e44f11665960c7e7fcf062c7d96a14ade4aa98116c004b2e37b5be7d736c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2491,7 +2510,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest_meta",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2561,7 +2580,7 @@ checksum = "069bdb1e05adc7a8990dce9cc75370895fbe4e3d58b9b73bf1aee56359344a55"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2619,9 +2638,9 @@ checksum = "dbf0c48bc1d91375ae5c3cd81e3722dff1abcf81a30960240640d223f59fe0e5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.47"
+version = "1.0.64"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5ea3d908b0e36316caf9e9e2c4625cdde190a7e6f440d794667ed17a1855e725"
+checksum = "78803b62cbf1f46fde80d7c0e803111524b9877184cfe7c3033659490ac7a7da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -2644,13 +2663,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.21"
+version = "1.0.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbe448f377a7d6961e30f5955f9b8d106c3f5e449d493ee1b125c1d43c2b5179"
+checksum = "573015e8ab27661678357f27dc26460738fd2b6c86e46f386fde94cb5d913105"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "radium"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -3228,7 +3253,7 @@ checksum = "94ed3a816fb1d101812f83e789f888322c34e291f894f19590dc310963e87a00"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3282,7 +3307,7 @@ checksum = "1fe39d9fbb0ebf5eb2c7cb7e2a47e4f462fad1379f1166b8ae49ad9eae89a7ca"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3317,7 +3342,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "darling 0.13.4",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3397,12 +3422,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_repr",
  "serde_with",
  "sqlx",
+ "strong_id",
  "strum",
  "strum_macros",
  "thiserror",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.1.2",
+ "uuid 1.4.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3466,7 +3492,7 @@ checksum = "133659a15339456eeeb07572eb02a91c91e9815e9cbc89566944d2c8d3efdbf6"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3496,7 +3522,7 @@ checksum = "1508efa03c362e23817f96cde18abed596a25219a8b2c66e8db33c03543d315b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3584,7 +3610,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tokio-stream",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.1.2",
+ "uuid 1.4.0",
  "whoami",
 ]
 
@@ -3606,7 +3632,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.5",
  "sqlx-core",
  "sqlx-rt",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -3632,6 +3658,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strong_id"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38de1d0d9040ac57048ffebae7fa3c233a7d6d76ac7670b506517512b1d692f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitvec",
+ "strong_id_macros",
+ "thiserror",
+ "uuid 1.4.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strong_id_macros"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d1d0e4a9423aab05fde96fb9d9efd18e3d6d070392ee675fb7b2ad10149027ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.25",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -3659,7 +3707,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck 0.3.3",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3679,6 +3727,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "15e3fc8c0c74267e2df136e5e5fb656a464158aa57624053375eb9c8c6e25ae2"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "synstructure"
 version = "0.12.6"
@@ -3687,10 +3746,16 @@ checksum = "f36bdaa60a83aca3921b5259d5400cbf5e90fc51931376a9bd4a0eb79aa7210f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tap"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55937e1799185b12863d447f42597ed69d9928686b8d88a1df17376a097d8369"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.6.0"
@@ -3741,7 +3806,7 @@ checksum = "e8f2591983642de85c921015f3f070c665a197ed69e417af436115e3a1407487"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3847,7 +3912,7 @@ checksum = "9724f9a975fb987ef7a3cd9be0350edcbe130698af5b8f7a631e23d42d052484"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3925,7 +3990,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-futures",
- "uuid 1.1.2",
+ "uuid 1.4.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3936,7 +4001,7 @@ checksum = "11c75893af559bc8e10716548bdef5cb2b983f8e637db9d0e15126b61b484ee2"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4112,9 +4177,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.1.2"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd6469f4314d5f1ffec476e05f17cc9a78bc7a27a6a857842170bdf8d6f98d2f"
+checksum = "d023da39d1fde5a8a3fe1f3e01ca9632ada0a63e9797de55a879d6e2236277be"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.7",
  "serde",
@@ -4193,7 +4258,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -4227,7 +4292,7 @@ checksum = "5be8e654bdd9b79216c2929ab90721aa82faf65c48cdf08bdc4e7f51357b80da"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -4489,6 +4554,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wyz"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05f360fc0b24296329c78fda852a1e9ae82de9cf7b27dae4b7f62f118f77b9ed"
+dependencies = [
+ "tap",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "xml-rs"
 version = "0.8.4"
diff --git a/backend/api/Cargo.toml b/backend/api/Cargo.toml
index ba62b95db6..a8723e1b11 100644
--- a/backend/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ quote = "1.0.18"
 hashfn = "0.2.0"
 csv = "1.1.6"
 async-stripe = { version = "0.22.2", features = ["runtime-tokio-hyper-rustls"] }
+strong_id = { version = "0.2.0" }
 
 # project deps
 ji_core = { path = "../ji_core", features = ["db"] }
diff --git a/backend/api/src/db/category.rs b/backend/api/src/db/category.rs
index 9ef1eff4ed..46f6e15b28 100644
--- a/backend/api/src/db/category.rs
+++ b/backend/api/src/db/category.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ order by index
 }
 
 #[instrument(skip(db))]
-pub async fn get_exact(db: &sqlx::PgPool, ids: &[Uuid]) -> sqlx::Result<Vec<Category>> {
+pub async fn get_exact(db: &sqlx::PgPool, ids: &[CategoryId]) -> sqlx::Result<Vec<Category>> {
     sqlx::query!(
         //language=SQL
         r#"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ from category
          inner join unnest($1::uuid[]) with ordinality t(id, ord) USING (id)
 order by t.ord
 "#,
-        ids
+        &ids.iter().map(|id| id.0).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
     )
     .fetch(db)
     .map_ok(|it| Category {
@@ -81,11 +81,15 @@ order by t.ord
 }
 
 #[instrument(skip(db))]
-pub async fn get_subtree(db: &sqlx::PgPool, ids: &[Uuid]) -> sqlx::Result<Vec<Category>> {
-    sqlx::query_file_as!(RawCategory, "query/category/get_subtree.sql", ids)
-        .fetch_all(db)
-        .await
-        .map(build_tree)
+pub async fn get_subtree(db: &sqlx::PgPool, ids: &[CategoryId]) -> sqlx::Result<Vec<Category>> {
+    sqlx::query_file_as!(
+        RawCategory,
+        "query/category/get_subtree.sql",
+        &ids.iter().map(|id| id.0).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    )
+    .fetch_all(db)
+    .await
+    .map(build_tree)
 }
 
 #[instrument(skip_all)]
@@ -110,11 +114,18 @@ order by index
 }
 
 #[instrument(skip_all)]
-pub async fn get_ancestor_tree(db: &sqlx::PgPool, ids: &[Uuid]) -> sqlx::Result<Vec<Category>> {
-    sqlx::query_file_as!(RawCategory, "query/category/get_ancestor_tree.sql", ids)
-        .fetch_all(db)
-        .await
-        .map(build_tree)
+pub async fn get_ancestor_tree(
+    db: &sqlx::PgPool,
+    ids: &[CategoryId],
+) -> sqlx::Result<Vec<Category>> {
+    sqlx::query_file_as!(
+        RawCategory,
+        "query/category/get_ancestor_tree.sql",
+        &ids.iter().map(|id| id.0).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    )
+    .fetch_all(db)
+    .await
+    .map(build_tree)
 }
 
 #[instrument(skip(db))]
diff --git a/backend/pages/Cargo.lock b/backend/pages/Cargo.lock
index caa26c6865..2c9538e415 100644
--- a/backend/pages/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/pages/Cargo.lock
@@ -493,10 +493,22 @@ version = "0.19.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55f93d0ef3363c364d5976646a38f04cf67cfe1d4c8d160cdea02cab2c116b33"
 dependencies = [
- "funty",
- "radium",
+ "funty 1.1.0",
+ "radium 0.5.3",
  "tap",
- "wyz",
+ "wyz 0.2.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitvec"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bc2832c24239b0141d5674bb9174f9d68a8b5b3f2753311927c172ca46f7e9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "funty 2.0.0",
+ "radium 0.7.0",
+ "tap",
+ "wyz 0.5.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1081,6 +1093,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fed34cd105917e91daa4da6b3728c47b068749d6a62c59811f06ed2ac71d9da7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "funty"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6d5a32815ae3f33302d95fdcb2ce17862f8c65363dcfd29360480ba1001fc9c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.28"
@@ -1838,8 +1856,8 @@ version = "6.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e7413f999671bd4745a7b624bd370a569fb6bc574b23c83a3c5ed2e453f3d5e2"
 dependencies = [
- "bitvec",
- "funty",
+ "bitvec 0.19.6",
+ "funty 1.1.0",
  "lexical-core",
  "memchr",
  "version_check",
@@ -2114,6 +2132,12 @@ version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "941ba9d78d8e2f7ce474c015eea4d9c6d25b6a3327f9832ee29a4de27f91bbb8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "radium"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -2674,12 +2698,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_repr",
  "serde_with",
  "sqlx",
+ "strong_id",
  "strum",
  "strum_macros",
  "thiserror",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.3.3",
+ "uuid 1.4.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2817,7 +2842,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tokio-stream",
  "url",
- "uuid 1.3.3",
+ "uuid 1.4.0",
  "whoami",
 ]
 
@@ -2871,6 +2896,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strong_id"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38de1d0d9040ac57048ffebae7fa3c233a7d6d76ac7670b506517512b1d692f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitvec 1.0.1",
+ "serde",
+ "strong_id_macros",
+ "thiserror",
+ "uuid 1.4.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strong_id_macros"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d1d0e4a9423aab05fde96fb9d9efd18e3d6d070392ee675fb7b2ad10149027ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.18",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
@@ -3252,10 +3300,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.3.3"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "345444e32442451b267fc254ae85a209c64be56d2890e601a0c37ff0c3c5ecd2"
+checksum = "d023da39d1fde5a8a3fe1f3e01ca9632ada0a63e9797de55a879d6e2236277be"
 dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.9",
  "serde",
 ]
 
@@ -3603,6 +3652,15 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "feb41e78f93363bb2df8b0e86a2ca30eed7806ea16ea0c790d757cf93f79be83"
+checksum = "d023da39d1fde5a8a3fe1f3e01ca9632ada0a63e9797de55a879d6e2236277be"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "serde",
@@ -2839,7 +2905,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.103",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2873,7 +2939,7 @@ checksum = "07bc0c051dc5f23e307b13285f9d75df86bfdf816c5721e573dec1f9b8aa193c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.103",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -2948,6 +3014,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wyz"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05f360fc0b24296329c78fda852a1e9ae82de9cf7b27dae4b7f62f118f77b9ed"
+dependencies = [
+ "tap",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zxcvbn"
 version = "2.2.1"
diff --git a/frontend/apps/Cargo.toml b/frontend/apps/Cargo.toml
index 06ca36e486..4b1bfeaa50 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frontend/apps/Cargo.toml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ zxcvbn = "2.1.2"
 const_format = "0.2.5"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 num-derive = "0.3"
+strong_id = { version = "0.2.0" }
 web-sys = { version = "0.3.55", features = [
     'Url',
     'Request',
diff --git a/frontend/apps/crates/components/Cargo.toml b/frontend/apps/crates/components/Cargo.toml
index 33d7cb5c8e..036bfd240d 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/crates/components/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frontend/apps/crates/components/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ rgb = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
 num-traits = { workspace = true }
 num-derive = { workspace = true }
+strong_id = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 quiet = ["utils/quiet"]
diff --git a/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/asset_search_bar/state/search_state.rs b/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/asset_search_bar/state/search_state.rs
index c2bfa39739..5dc02068aa 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/asset_search_bar/state/search_state.rs
+++ b/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/asset_search_bar/state/search_state.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ impl SearchSelected {
     }
 
     pub fn from_query_params(search: SearchQueryParams) -> Self {
-        log::info!("{:?}", search.is_rated);
         let s = Self {
             affiliations: Mutable::new(HashSet::from_iter(search.affiliations)),
             categories: Mutable::new(HashSet::from_iter(search.categories)),
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ impl SearchSelected {
             rated_only: Mutable::new(search.is_rated.unwrap_or(true)),
             query: Mutable::new(search.q),
         };
-        log::info!("{:?}", s.rated_only);
 
         s
     }
diff --git a/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/module/_common/edit/entry/state.rs b/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/module/_common/edit/entry/state.rs
index 456db9160b..d824794007 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/module/_common/edit/entry/state.rs
+++ b/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/module/_common/edit/entry/state.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use shared::{
         },
     },
 };
+use strong_id::StrongUuid;
 use utils::{languages::Language, prelude::*};
 
 use crate::audio::mixer::AUDIO_MIXER;
diff --git a/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/module/_common/play/entry/state.rs b/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/module/_common/play/entry/state.rs
index 4c6b3399eb..dccf4bb683 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/module/_common/play/entry/state.rs
+++ b/frontend/apps/crates/components/src/module/_common/play/entry/state.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use std::future::Future;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::str::FromStr;
+use strong_id::StrongUuid;
 use utils::languages::Language;
 use utils::{iframe::*, prelude::*};
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/crates/entry/home/src/home/actions.rs b/frontend/apps/crates/entry/home/src/home/actions.rs
index 6672b62f72..548f8483a7 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/crates/entry/home/src/home/actions.rs
+++ b/frontend/apps/crates/entry/home/src/home/actions.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ async fn fetch_profile(state: Rc<Home>) {
 }
 
 async fn search_async(state: Rc<Home>) {
+    log::info!("SEARCHING");
     let search_state = SearchResults::new(&state, true);
     state
         .mode
diff --git a/frontend/apps/crates/entry/home/src/home/search_results/dom.rs b/frontend/apps/crates/entry/home/src/home/search_results/dom.rs
index 85a385ed10..0f50d82b7f 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/crates/entry/home/src/home/search_results/dom.rs
+++ b/frontend/apps/crates/entry/home/src/home/search_results/dom.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use super::state::SearchResults;
 impl SearchResults {
     pub fn render(self: &Rc<Self>) -> Dom {
         let state = self;
+        log::info!("RENDER SR");
 
         let search_results_signal = |section: Rc<SearchResultsSection>| {
             // Ensure that jigs and resources are rendered until all requests have completed
diff --git a/frontend/apps/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/frontend/apps/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
index 0fa35ccf93..581712044f 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frontend/apps/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ rgb = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 unicode-segmentation = { workspace = true }
 const_format = { workspace = true }
+strong_id = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 debug_log = []
diff --git a/frontend/apps/crates/utils/src/metadata.rs b/frontend/apps/crates/utils/src/metadata.rs
index c66fe77a31..0a3e0effbf 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/crates/utils/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/frontend/apps/crates/utils/src/metadata.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ pub async fn get_metadata() -> Arc<Metadata> {
             let meta = future.await;
 
             let mut state = STATE.lock().unwrap_ji();
+            log::info!("METADATA READY");
             *state = State::Ready(meta.clone());
             drop(state);
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/crates/utils/src/routes.rs b/frontend/apps/crates/utils/src/routes.rs
index 4f4259192a..8f477ae3b6 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/crates/utils/src/routes.rs
+++ b/frontend/apps/crates/utils/src/routes.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use std::{
     fmt::{Debug, Display},
     str::FromStr,
 };
+use strong_id::StrongUuid;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 use web_sys::Url;
@@ -71,19 +72,19 @@ pub struct SearchQueryParams {
     pub is_rated: Option<bool>,
 
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "shared::domain::ser::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "shared::domain::ser::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "shared::domain::ser::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub age_ranges: Vec<AgeRangeId>,
 
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "shared::domain::ser::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "shared::domain::ser::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "shared::domain::ser::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub affiliations: Vec<AffiliationId>,
 
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "shared::domain::ser::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "shared::domain::ser::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "shared::domain::ser::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub categories: Vec<CategoryId>,
diff --git a/shared/rust/Cargo.toml b/shared/rust/Cargo.toml
index 66df1987a9..c2bbb25776 100644
--- a/shared/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/shared/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ async-stripe = { version = "0.22.2", features = ["runtime-tokio-hyper-rustls"],
 macros = { path = "../macros" }
 unicode-segmentation = "1.8.0"
 derive_setters = "0.1.5"
+strong_id = { version = "0.2.0" }
 
 # wasm
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2.78", optional = true }
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain.rs
index 8e70d3774d..7abfea7f57 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain.rs
@@ -28,49 +28,52 @@ macro_rules! into_i16_index {
 /// wrap_uuid! {
 ///   /// Represents a My ID
 ///   #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-///   pub struct MyId
+///   pub struct MyId("my_id")
 /// }
 /// ```
 macro_rules! wrap_uuid {
     (
         $(#[$outer:meta])*
-        $vis:vis struct $t:ident
+        $vis:vis struct $t:ident$(($prefix:literal))?
     ) => {
-        #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, PathPart, Hash)]
-        $(#[$outer])*
-        #[cfg_attr(feature = "backend", derive(sqlx::Type))]
-        #[cfg_attr(feature = "backend", sqlx(transparent))]
-        $vis struct $t(pub uuid::Uuid);
-
-        impl From<$t> for uuid::Uuid {
-            fn from(t: $t) -> Self {
-                t.0
-            }
+        ::strong_id::strong_uuid! {
+            #[derive(PathPart)]
+            $(#[$outer])*
+            #[cfg_attr(feature = "backend", derive(sqlx::Type))]
+            #[cfg_attr(feature = "backend", sqlx(transparent))]
+            $vis struct $t(pub Uuid$( => $prefix)?)
         }
 
-        impl std::fmt::Display for $t {
-            fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-                write!(f, "{}", self.0)
-            }
-        }
+         impl ::serde::Serialize for $t {
+              fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+              where
+                   S: ::serde::Serializer,
+              {
+                   serializer.serialize_str(&self.to_string())
+              }
+         }
 
-        impl std::str::FromStr for $t {
-            type Err = uuid::Error;
+         impl<'de> ::serde::Deserialize<'de> for $t {
+              fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+              where
+                   D: ::serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+              {
 
-            #[inline]
-            fn from_str(value: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-                Ok(Self(uuid::Uuid::from_str(value)?))
-            }
-        }
+                  let str_value = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
 
-        impl $t {
-            /// Creates a wrapped UUID from a 128 bit value
-            #[inline]
-            #[must_use]
-            $vis const fn from_u128(v: u128) -> Self {
-                Self(uuid::Uuid::from_u128(v))
-            }
-        }
+                  Ok(match str_value.parse::<Self>() {
+                      Ok(id) => id,
+                      Err(error) => {
+                          // Try to decode Uuid
+                          let uuid = str_value.parse::<::uuid::Uuid>().map_err(|_| {
+                              ::serde::de::Error::custom(error.to_string())
+                          })?;
+
+                          Self(uuid)
+                      }
+                  })
+              }
+         }
     }
 }
 
@@ -112,7 +115,10 @@ pub mod auth {
 }
 
 use chrono::Utc;
-use ser::{csv_encode_i16_indices, csv_encode_uuids, deserialize_optional_field, from_csv};
+use ser::{
+    csv_encode_i16_indices, csv_encode_strong_ids, csv_encode_uuids, deserialize_optional_field,
+    from_csv,
+};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 use uuid::Uuid;
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/additional_resource.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/additional_resource.rs
index f29dfc8d37..8a21e30fe9 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/additional_resource.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/additional_resource.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`](Uuid), represents the ID of an additional resource.
-    pub struct AdditionalResourceId
+    pub struct AdditionalResourceId("ar")
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/animation.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/animation.rs
index 4bb609e228..f5a42c8897 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/animation.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/animation.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl AnimationKind {
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of an animation.
-    pub struct AnimationId
+    pub struct AnimationId("anim")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(AnimationGetPath => "/v1/animation/{}" => AnimationId);
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/audio.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/audio.rs
index 2e0a04e8bf..cbb3108d80 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/audio.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/audio.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub mod user {
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`](Uuid), represents the ID of an audio file.
-    pub struct AudioId
+    pub struct AudioId("aud")
 }
 
 /// Represents different kinds of audio.
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/billing.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/billing.rs
index e84f13c9ac..c1d9177393 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/billing.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/billing.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pub enum PaymentMethodType {
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Local payment method ID
-    pub struct PaymentMethodId
+    pub struct PaymentMethodId("pm")
 }
 
 /// Payment method
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ impl From<stripe::SubscriptionStatus> for SubscriptionStatus {
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Local subscription ID
-    pub struct SubscriptionId
+    pub struct SubscriptionId("sub")
 }
 
 /// An existing subscription for a customer
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ impl TrialPeriod {
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Local charge ID
-    pub struct ChargeId
+    pub struct ChargeId("ch")
 }
 
 /// A charge to a customer for a subscription
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ pub struct Charge {
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Local subscription plan ID
-    pub struct PlanId
+    pub struct PlanId("plan")
 }
 
 /// A subscription plan
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ make_path_parts!(CreateSetupIntentPath => "/v1/billing/payment-method");
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Account ID
-    pub struct AccountId
+    pub struct AccountId("acc")
 }
 
 /// A billing account
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ pub struct UserAccountSummary {
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a School.
-    pub struct SchoolId
+    pub struct SchoolId("sch")
 }
 
 /// A school profile.
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ pub struct AccountUser {
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a School Name.
-    pub struct SchoolNameId
+    pub struct SchoolNameId("sn")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(SchoolNamePath => "/v1/school-name");
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/category.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/category.rs
index f59566aba9..183463c977 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/category.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/category.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a category.
     ///
     /// [`Uuid`]: ../../uuid/struct.Uuid.html
-    pub struct CategoryId
+    pub struct CategoryId("cat")
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ pub struct GetCategoryRequest {
     // the backend _could_ transmute the `CategoryId`s into `Uuid`s, but that's `unsafe`.
     /// The exact ids to be included in the response.
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
-    pub ids: Vec<Uuid>,
+    pub ids: Vec<CategoryId>,
 
     /// Which direction to follow the tree.
     #[serde(default)]
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/circle.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/circle.rs
index 7e6a7ac0d2..f88eeca99c 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/circle.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/circle.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ use super::{asset::UserOrMe, image::ImageId, user::UserId};
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a Circle.
-    #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-    pub struct CircleId
+    pub struct CircleId("cir")
 }
 
 /// The response returned when a request for `GET`ing a Circle is successful.
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ pub struct CircleBrowseQuery {
     /// creator of circles
     /// The hits per page to be returned
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub users: Vec<UserId>,
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/course.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/course.rs
index 11f4c3ee15..eb8ee5ab4b 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/course.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/course.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub mod unit;
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a Course.
-    pub struct CourseId
+    pub struct CourseId("course")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(CourseCreatePath => "/v1/course");
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ pub struct CourseBrowseQuery {
 
     /// Optionally filter by `additional resources`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub resource_types: Vec<ResourceTypeId>,
@@ -378,14 +378,14 @@ pub struct CourseSearchQuery {
 
     /// Optionally filter by `additional resources`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub resource_types: Vec<ResourceTypeId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `categories`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub categories: Vec<CategoryId>,
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/course/unit.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/course/unit.rs
index 151f96a6cc..c4b00c51b3 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/course/unit.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/course/unit.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use super::CourseId;
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`](Uuid), represents the ID of a Course Unit.
-    pub struct CourseUnitId
+    pub struct CourseUnitId("cu")
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/image.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/image.rs
index 8fe8029cf9..23d01ca95f 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/image.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/image.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a image.
     ///
     /// [`Uuid`]: ../../uuid/struct.Uuid.html
-    pub struct ImageId
+    pub struct ImageId("img")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(ImageCreatePath => "/v1/image");
@@ -183,28 +183,28 @@ pub struct ImageSearchQuery {
 
     /// Optionally filter by `image_styles`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub styles: Vec<ImageStyleId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `age_ranges`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub age_ranges: Vec<AgeRangeId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `affiliations`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub affiliations: Vec<AffiliationId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `categories`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub categories: Vec<CategoryId>,
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/jig.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/jig.rs
index 635c2e48e4..b311fe887a 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/jig.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/jig.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use crate::{api::endpoints::PathPart, domain::module::body::ThemeId};
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a JIG.
-    pub struct JigId
+    pub struct JigId("jig")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(JigCreatePath => "/v1/jig");
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ pub struct JigBrowseQuery {
 
     /// Optionally filter by `additional resources`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub resource_types: Vec<ResourceTypeId>,
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ pub struct JigSearchQuery {
     ///
     /// Note: Currently does nothing
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub age_ranges: Vec<AgeRangeId>,
@@ -672,21 +672,21 @@ pub struct JigSearchQuery {
     ///
     /// Note: Currently does nothing
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub affiliations: Vec<AffiliationId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `additional resources`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub resource_types: Vec<ResourceTypeId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `categories`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub categories: Vec<CategoryId>,
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/jig/curation.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/jig/curation.rs
index 17cbc89766..fb205b3b85 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/jig/curation.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/jig/curation.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use super::{report::JigReport, JigId};
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`](Uuid), represents the ID of a curation comment.
-    pub struct CommentId
+    pub struct CommentId("jig_com")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(JigCurationPath => "/v1/jig/{}/curation" => JigId);
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/jig/report.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/jig/report.rs
index c39745ee56..e5af6fa478 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/jig/report.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/jig/report.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use super::JigId;
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`](Uuid), represents the ID of a curation comment.
-    pub struct ReportId
+    pub struct ReportId("jig_rep")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(GetJigReportPath => "/v1/jig/{}/report/{}" => JigId, ReportId);
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/meta.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/meta.rs
index f005e104a0..eaaae5352e 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/meta.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/meta.rs
@@ -8,42 +8,37 @@ use crate::api::endpoints::PathPart;
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents [`ImageStyle::id`].
-    pub struct ImageStyleId
+    pub struct ImageStyleId("img_style")
 }
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents [`AnimationStyle::id`].
-    pub struct AnimationStyleId
+    pub struct AnimationStyleId("anim_style")
 }
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents [`AudioStyle::id`]. Note: not yet implemented
-    pub struct AudioStyleId
+    pub struct AudioStyleId("aud_style")
 }
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents [`AgeRange::id`].
-    pub struct AgeRangeId
+    pub struct AgeRangeId("age_range")
 }
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents [`Affiliation::id`].
-    pub struct AffiliationId
+    pub struct AffiliationId("aff")
 }
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents [`AdditionalResource::id`].
-    pub struct ResourceTypeId
+    pub struct ResourceTypeId("res_type")
 }
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents [`Subject::id`].
-    pub struct SubjectId
-}
-
-wrap_uuid! {
-    /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents [`Report::id`].
-    pub struct ReportId
+    pub struct SubjectId("subject")
 }
 
 /// Wrapper type around [`i16`](std::i16), represents the index of an image tag.
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/module.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/module.rs
index 39f5dd18c6..6abe0fe679 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/module.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/module.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`](Uuid), represents the **unique ID** of a module.
     ///
     /// This uniquely identifies a module. There is no other module that shares this ID.
-    #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
-    pub struct ModuleId
+    pub struct ModuleId("mod")
 }
 
 /// Represents the various kinds of data a module can represent.
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/pdf.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/pdf.rs
index aec501710a..72ea303640 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/pdf.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/pdf.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub mod user {
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`](Uuid), represents the ID of an Pdf file.
-    pub struct PdfId
+    pub struct PdfId("pdf")
 }
 
 /// Response for getting a single Pdf file.
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/playlist.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/playlist.rs
index d2329d423a..9b13618c0c 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/playlist.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/playlist.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use super::{
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a Playlist.
-    pub struct PlaylistId
+    pub struct PlaylistId("pl")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(PlaylistCreatePath => "/v1/playlist");
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ pub struct PlaylistBrowseQuery {
 
     /// Optionally filter by `additional resources`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub resource_types: Vec<ResourceTypeId>,
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ pub struct PlaylistSearchQuery {
     ///
     /// Note: Currently does nothing
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub age_ranges: Vec<AgeRangeId>,
@@ -390,28 +390,28 @@ pub struct PlaylistSearchQuery {
     ///
     /// Note: Currently does nothing
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub affiliations: Vec<AffiliationId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `additional resources`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub resource_types: Vec<ResourceTypeId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `categories`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub categories: Vec<CategoryId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `items`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub items: Vec<JigId>,
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/resource.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/resource.rs
index 36fe7f34a8..604ce925da 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/resource.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/resource.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use super::{
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a Resource.
-    pub struct ResourceId
+    pub struct ResourceId("res")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(ResourceCreatePath => "/v1/resource");
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ pub struct ResourceBrowseQuery {
 
     /// Optionally filter by `additional resources`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub resource_types: Vec<ResourceTypeId>,
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ pub struct ResourceSearchQuery {
     ///
     /// Note: Currently does nothing
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub age_ranges: Vec<AgeRangeId>,
@@ -332,21 +332,21 @@ pub struct ResourceSearchQuery {
     ///
     /// Note: Currently does nothing
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub affiliations: Vec<AffiliationId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `additional resources`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub resource_types: Vec<ResourceTypeId>,
 
     /// Optionally filter by `categories`
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "super::csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "super::from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub categories: Vec<CategoryId>,
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/resource/curation.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/resource/curation.rs
index c8e2b297da..3bada7e73c 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/resource/curation.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/resource/curation.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use super::{report::ResourceReport, ResourceId, UserId};
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`](Uuid), represents the ID of a curation comment.
-    pub struct CommentId
+    pub struct CommentId("res_com")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(ResourceCurationPath => "/v1/resource/{}/curation" => ResourceId);
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/resource/report.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/resource/report.rs
index 23555df1a2..e0b818af0e 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/resource/report.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/resource/report.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use super::ResourceId;
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`](Uuid), represents the ID of a curation comment.
-    pub struct ReportId
+    pub struct ReportId("res_rep")
 }
 
 make_path_parts!(GetResourceReportPath => "/v1/resource/{}/report/{}" => ResourceId, ReportId);
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/ser.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/ser.rs
index cd25cd3a0f..1d43c2b36c 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/ser.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/ser.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{
     marker::PhantomData,
     str::FromStr,
 };
+use strong_id::StrongId;
 
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -55,6 +56,26 @@ where
     serializer.serialize_str(&out)
 }
 
+/// Serializes a slice of StrongIds into CSV format
+///
+/// ## Note:
+/// * Algolia takes CSV format arrays: https://www.algolia.com/doc/rest-api/search/#arrays
+pub fn csv_encode_strong_ids<T: StrongId<Uuid>, S>(
+    ids: &[T],
+    serializer: S,
+) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+where
+    S: serde::Serializer,
+{
+    let out = ids
+        .iter()
+        .map(|id| format!("{id}"))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join(",");
+
+    serializer.serialize_str(&out)
+}
+
 /// ASSUMING this is only going to be used for resources identified by index, which is
 /// a non-negative integer which begins counting up from 0.
 ///
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/user.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/user.rs
index 8b6a54edda..e5d581b59a 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/user.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/user.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub mod public_user;
 
 wrap_uuid! {
     /// Wrapper type around [`Uuid`], represents the ID of a User.
-    pub struct UserId
+    pub struct UserId("user")
 }
 
 /// Represents a user's permissions.
diff --git a/shared/rust/src/domain/user/public_user.rs b/shared/rust/src/domain/user/public_user.rs
index 2e1cb4c4c4..f82f0d2e2c 100644
--- a/shared/rust/src/domain/user/public_user.rs
+++ b/shared/rust/src/domain/user/public_user.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     api::endpoints::PathPart,
     domain::{
         additional_resource::AdditionalResource, asset::UserOrMe, circle::CircleId,
-        csv_encode_uuids, from_csv, image::ImageId, user::UserId,
+        csv_encode_strong_ids, from_csv, image::ImageId, user::UserId,
     },
 };
 use macros::make_path_parts;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pub struct UserBrowseQuery {
 
     /// Circle's that has user joined
     #[serde(default)]
-    #[serde(serialize_with = "csv_encode_uuids")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "csv_encode_strong_ids")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "from_csv")]
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
     pub circles: Vec<CircleId>,