secrets-handling

What problem does it solve?

Hardcoding secrets creates serious risk: credentials can leak through version control history, logs, and error messages, potentially compromising systems.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Environment-driven configuration to replace hardcoded values with environment variables across codebases and deployments.
• Secrets hygiene rules to prevent logging, printing, or exposing sensitive data at runtime or in errors.
• Use Case: migrate a production app that stores API keys into env vars and implement startup validation for required keys.

Quick Start

Refactor code to load secrets from environment variables, add startup validation, and provide a .env example with placeholders (do not commit real values).