Based On A True Story

Based On A True Story
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When your coworker admits they've been yeeting API keys and environment variables straight into ChatGPT to debug auth issues, and suddenly everything works. The awkward silence that follows is the sound of every security best practice dying simultaneously.

Sure, the bug is fixed, but at what cost? Those credentials are now immortalized in OpenAI's training data, probably sitting next to someone's Social Security number and a recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Time to rotate every single key, update the docs, and pretend this conversation never happened.

The best part? It actually worked. ChatGPT probably spotted a typo in the environment variable name or suggested using Bearer token format instead of just raw-dogging the API key in the header. But now you're stuck between being grateful for the fix and having an existential crisis about your company's security posture.

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