Task: First perfect square in base n with n unique digits
Go: package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math/big"
    "strconv"
    "time"
)

const maxBase = 27
const minSq36 = "1023456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
const minSq36x = "10123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

var bigZero = new(big.Int)
var bigOne = new(big.Int).SetUint64(1)

func containsAll(sq string, base int) bool {
    var found [maxBase]byte
    le := len(sq)
    reps := 0
    for _, r := range sq {
        d := r - 48
        if d > 38 {
            d -= 39
        }
        found[d]++
        if found[d] > 1 {
            reps++
            if le-reps < base {
                return false
            }
        }
    }
    return true
}

func sumDigits(n, base *big.Int) *big.Int {
    q := new(big.Int).Set(n)
    r := new(big.Int)
    sum := new(big.Int).Set(bigZero)
    for q.Cmp(bigZero) == 1 {
        q.QuoRem(q, base, r)
        sum.Add(sum, r)
    }
    return sum
}

func digitalRoot(n *big.Int, base int) int {
    root := new(big.Int)
    b := big.NewInt(int64(base))
    for i := new(big.Int).Set(n); i.Cmp(b) >= 0; i.Set(root) {
        root.Set(sumDigits(i, b))
    }
    return int(root.Int64())
}

func minStart(base int) (string, uint64, int) {
    nn := new(big.Int)
    ms := minSq36[:base]
    nn.SetString(ms, base)
    bdr := digitalRoot(nn, base)
    var drs []int
    var ixs []uint64
    for n := uint64(1); n < uint64(2*base); n++ {
        nn.SetUint64(n * n)
        dr := digitalRoot(nn, base)
        if dr == 0 {
            dr = int(n * n)
        }
        if dr == bdr {
            ixs = append(ixs, n)
        }
        if n < uint64(base) && dr >= bdr {
            drs = append(drs, dr)
        }
    }
    inc := uint64(1)
    if len(ixs) >= 2 && base != 3 {
        inc = ixs[1] - ixs[0]
    }
    if len(drs) == 0 {
        return ms, inc, bdr
    }
    min := drs[0]
    for _, dr := range drs[1:] {
        if dr < min {
            min = dr
        }
    }
    rd := min - bdr
    if rd == 0 {
        return ms, inc, bdr
    }
    if rd == 1 {
        return minSq36x[:base+1], 1, bdr
    }
    ins := string(minSq36[rd])
    return (minSq36[:rd] + ins + minSq36[rd:])[:base+1], inc, bdr
}

func main() {
    start := time.Now()
    var nb, nn big.Int
    for n, k, base := uint64(2), uint64(1), 2; ; n += k {
        if base > 2 && n%uint64(base) == 0 {
            continue
        } 
        nb.SetUint64(n)
        sq := nb.Mul(&nb, &nb).Text(base)
        if !containsAll(sq, base) {
            continue
        }
        ns := strconv.FormatUint(n, base)
        tt := time.Since(start).Seconds()
        fmt.Printf("Base %2d:%15s² = %-27s in %8.3fs\n", base, ns, sq, tt)
        if base == maxBase {
            break
        }
        base++
        ms, inc, bdr := minStart(base)
        k = inc
        nn.SetString(ms, base)
        nb.Sqrt(&nn)
        if nb.Uint64() < n+1 {
            nb.SetUint64(n + 1)
        }
        if k != 1 {
            for {
                nn.Mul(&nb, &nb)
                dr := digitalRoot(&nn, base)
                if dr == bdr {
                    n = nb.Uint64() - k
                    break
                }
                nb.Add(&nb, bigOne)
            }
        } else {
            n = nb.Uint64() - k
        }
    }
}

Java: import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.time.Duration;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

public class Program {
    static final String ALPHABET = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz|";
    static byte base, bmo, blim, ic;
    static long st0;
    static BigInteger bllim, threshold;
    static Set<Byte> hs = new HashSet<>();
    static Set<Byte> o = new HashSet<>();
    static final char[] chars = ALPHABET.toCharArray();
    static List<BigInteger> limits;
    static String ms;

    static int indexOf(char c) {
        for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; ++i) {
            if (chars[i] == c) {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }

    
    static String toStr(BigInteger b) {
        BigInteger bigBase = BigInteger.valueOf(base);
        StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
        while (b.compareTo(BigInteger.ZERO) > 0) {
            BigInteger[] divRem = b.divideAndRemainder(bigBase);
            res.append(chars[divRem[1].intValue()]);
            b = divRem[0];
        }
        return res.toString();
    }

    
    static boolean allInQS(BigInteger b) {
        BigInteger bigBase = BigInteger.valueOf(base);
        int c = ic;
        hs.clear();
        hs.addAll(o);
        while (b.compareTo(bllim) > 0) {
            BigInteger[] divRem = b.divideAndRemainder(bigBase);
            hs.add(divRem[1].byteValue());
            c++;

            if (c > hs.size()) {
                return false;
            }
            b = divRem[0];
        }
        return true;
    }

    
    static boolean allInS(BigInteger b) {
        BigInteger bigBase = BigInteger.valueOf(base);
        hs.clear();
        hs.addAll(o);
        while (b.compareTo(bllim) > 0) {
            BigInteger[] divRem = b.divideAndRemainder(bigBase);
            hs.add(divRem[1].byteValue());
            b = divRem[0];
        }
        return hs.size() == base;
    }

    
    static boolean allInQ(BigInteger b) {
        BigInteger bigBase = BigInteger.valueOf(base);
        int c = 0;
        hs.clear();
        while (b.compareTo(BigInteger.ZERO) > 0) {
            BigInteger[] divRem = b.divideAndRemainder(bigBase);
            hs.add(divRem[1].byteValue());
            c++;
            if (c > hs.size()) {
                return false;
            }
            b = divRem[0];
        }
        return true;
    }

    
    static boolean allIn(BigInteger b) {
        BigInteger bigBase = BigInteger.valueOf(base);
        hs.clear();
        while (b.compareTo(BigInteger.ZERO) > 0) {
            BigInteger[] divRem = b.divideAndRemainder(bigBase);
            hs.add(divRem[1].byteValue());
            b = divRem[0];
        }
        return hs.size() == base;
    }

    
    static BigInteger to10(String s) {
        BigInteger bigBase = BigInteger.valueOf(base);
        BigInteger res = BigInteger.ZERO;
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            int idx = indexOf(c);
            BigInteger bigIdx = BigInteger.valueOf(idx);
            res = res.multiply(bigBase).add(bigIdx);
        }
        return res;
    }

    
    static String fixup(int n) {
        String res = ALPHABET.substring(0, base);
        if (n > 0) {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(res);
            sb.insert(n, n);
            res = sb.toString();
        }
        return "10" + res.substring(2);
    }

    
    static void check(BigInteger sq) {
        if (sq.compareTo(threshold) > 0) {
            o.remove((byte) indexOf(ms.charAt(blim)));
            blim--;
            ic--;
            threshold = limits.get(bmo - blim - 1);
            bllim = to10(ms.substring(0, blim + 1));
        }
    }

    
    static void doOne() {
        limits = new ArrayList<>();
        bmo = (byte) (base - 1);
        byte dr = 0;
        if ((base & 1) == 1) {
            dr = (byte) (base >> 1);
        }
        o.clear();
        blim = 0;
        byte id = 0;
        int inc = 1;
        long st = System.nanoTime();
        byte[] sdr = new byte[bmo];
        byte rc = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < bmo; i++) {
            sdr[i] = (byte) ((i * i) % bmo);
            rc += sdr[i] == dr ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0;
            sdr[i] += sdr[i] == 0 ? bmo : (byte) 0;
        }
        long i = 0;
        if (dr > 0) {
            id = base;
            for (i = 1; i <= dr; i++) {
                if (sdr[(int) i] >= dr) {
                    if (id > sdr[(int) i]) {
                        id = sdr[(int) i];
                    }
                }
            }
            id -= dr;
            i = 0;
        }
        ms = fixup(id);
        BigInteger sq = to10(ms);
        BigInteger rt = BigInteger.valueOf((long) (Math.sqrt(sq.doubleValue()) + 1));
        sq = rt.multiply(rt);
        if (base > 9) {
            for (int j = 1; j < base; j++) {
                limits.add(to10(ms.substring(0, j) + String.valueOf(chars[bmo]).repeat(base - j + (rc > 0 ? 0 : 1))));
            }
            Collections.reverse(limits);
            while (sq.compareTo(limits.get(0)) < 0) {
                rt = rt.add(BigInteger.ONE);
                sq = rt.multiply(rt);
            }
        }
        BigInteger dn = rt.shiftLeft(1).add(BigInteger.ONE);
        BigInteger d = BigInteger.ONE;
        if (base > 3 && rc > 0) {
            while (sq.remainder(BigInteger.valueOf(bmo)).compareTo(BigInteger.valueOf(dr)) != 0) {
                rt = rt.add(BigInteger.ONE);
                sq = sq.add(dn);
                dn = dn.add(BigInteger.TWO);
            } 
            inc = bmo / rc;
            if (inc > 1) {
                dn = dn.add(rt.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(inc - 2)).subtract(BigInteger.ONE));
                d = BigInteger.valueOf(inc * inc);
            }
            dn = dn.add(dn).add(d);
        }
        d = d.shiftLeft(1);
        if (base > 9) {
            blim = 0;
            while (sq.compareTo(limits.get(bmo - blim - 1)) < 0) {
                blim++;
            }
            ic = (byte) (blim + 1);
            threshold = limits.get(bmo - blim - 1);
            if (blim > 0) {
                for (byte j = 0; j <= blim; j++) {
                    o.add((byte) indexOf(ms.charAt(j)));
                }
            }
            if (blim > 0) {
                bllim = to10(ms.substring(0, blim + 1));
            } else {
                bllim = BigInteger.ZERO;
            }
            if (base > 5 && rc > 0)
                while (!allInQS(sq)) {
                    sq = sq.add(dn);
                    dn = dn.add(d);
                    i += 1;
                    check(sq);
                }
            else {
                while (!allInS(sq)) {
                    sq = sq.add(dn);
                    dn = dn.add(d);
                    i += 1;
                    check(sq);
                }
            }
        } else {
            if (base > 5 && rc > 0) {
                while (!allInQ(sq)) {
                    sq = sq.add(dn);
                    dn = dn.add(d);
                    i += 1;
                }
            } else {
                while (!allIn(sq)) {
                    sq = sq.add(dn);
                    dn = dn.add(d);
                    i += 1;
                }
            }
        }

        rt = rt.add(BigInteger.valueOf(i * inc));
        long delta1 = System.nanoTime() - st;
        Duration dur1 = Duration.ofNanos(delta1);
        long delta2 = System.nanoTime() - st0;
        Duration dur2 = Duration.ofNanos(delta2);
        System.out.printf(
            "%3d  %2d  %2s %20s -> %-40s %10d %9s  %9s\n",
            base, inc, (id > 0 ? ALPHABET.substring(id, id + 1) : " "), toStr(rt), toStr(sq), i, format(dur1), format(dur2)
        );
    }

    private static String format(Duration d) {
        int minP = d.toMinutesPart();
        int secP = d.toSecondsPart();
        int milP = d.toMillisPart();
        return String.format("%02d:%02d.%03d", minP, secP, milP);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("base inc id                 root    square                                   test count    time        total");
        st0 = System.nanoTime();
        for (base = 2; base < 28; ++base) {
            doOne();
        }
    }
}