Dotenv Memes

Posts tagged with Dotenv

Cat Rating Env

AI Devops Ruby Vim Programming

12 days ago 288.6K views 1 shares

Cat Rating Env

Your code reviewer has arrived, and judging by that look, your environment variables are getting a solid 6/10. The cat's inspecting your .env file like a senior architect reviewing a junior's first pull request—silently judging every OpenAI API key you've got hardcoded in there. Nothing says "professional development setup" quite like having multiple OpenAI assistants for generating cards, translations, hints, and descriptions. Someone's building a card game with enough AI assistance to make the entire QA team obsolete. Props for the Rails + PostgreSQL + Redis stack though—at least the boring parts are solid. The little voodoo doll next to the "IN SYNC" sticker really ties the whole setup together. That's what you need when your API keys stop working in production.

Cat Rating Env

Security AI Devops Vim Programming

14 days ago 312.7K views 0 shares

Cat Rating Env

When your cat becomes the lead security auditor for your .env file. Nothing says "production-ready" quite like having your database credentials, API keys, and OpenAI tokens scrutinized by a creature that knocks things off tables for fun. The cat's judging every line: "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres? Really? You're basically begging to get hacked. Also, why are you storing OpenAI keys for file generation, translation, AND hint generation? Pick a lane, human." Meanwhile, there's a tiny crochet developer buddy on the desk providing moral support, because apparently even inanimate objects have better code review skills than most junior devs. The real question is: did the cat approve this environment configuration, or is it about to paw-close vim without saving?

Nothing Better Than Coding During Christmas 🎄

Security Devops Git AWS Programming

1 month ago 274.3K views 0 shares

Nothing Better Than Coding During Christmas 🎄

Family gathering downstairs? Nah. Turkey dinner? Pass. Opening presents? Maybe later. But committing your AWS credentials and database passwords to a public repo in a blurry .env file while sitting alone with your laptop? Now that's the holiday spirit. Nothing says "Merry Christmas" quite like exposing your entire infrastructure to the internet. The tree is decorated, the lights are twinkling, and your BETTER_AUTH_SECRET is about to become everyone's secret. At least the photo is blurry enough that we can only read like 80% of those credentials. Security through jpeg compression—a strategy as old as time. Pro tip: Next year, maybe add .env to your .gitignore before you add it to your Christmas card.

The Unpaid Intern's Parting Gift

Security Devops Git Programming Cloud

4 months ago 327.4K views 0 shares

The Unpaid Intern's Parting Gift

Ah, the classic revenge of the unpaid intern! When your company thinks exposure is a valid form of payment, but you're leaving with something far more valuable—their API key. Nothing says "thanks for the experience" quite like committing sensitive credentials to a public repository on your way out. It's the digital equivalent of taking the office stapler, except this one could cost them thousands in unauthorized AWS charges. Remember kids: proper credential management isn't just good practice, it's also why you should probably pay your developers.

Don't Actually Do This

Git Security Devops Programming Backend

8 months ago 271.0K views 0 shares

Don't Actually Do This

Ah yes, the classic "fix" that fixes nothing. Committing your .env file to Git is like putting your house keys under the welcome mat and posting the address on Twitter. Sure, your code errors are gone... along with your database credentials, API keys, and whatever shred of respect your senior dev had for you. But hey, ship it.

The Unpaid Intern's Farewell Gift

Security Devops Git Programming Backend

9 months ago 298.4K views 0 shares

The Unpaid Intern's Farewell Gift

Ah, the classic parting gift from an unpaid intern - committing the API key directly to the .env file in their final act of corporate sabotage. Nothing says "thanks for the experience" like leaving a production credential in the version control history. Future security auditors will speak of this moment with reverence.

Where To Keep Your Secrets

Security Webdev Devops Programming Debugging

11 months ago 214.3K views 0 shares

Where To Keep Your Secrets

Having a single .env file? Reasonable. Having nine different environment files with conflicting naming conventions? That's just asking for a 3 AM production outage when you can't remember if the database password is in .env.production , .env.production.local , or that random file you created six months ago after three energy drinks. The real security feature is that even you can't find your own secrets anymore.