Ask HN: What do you do about API keys?

Hacker News•Sat, Sep 12, 2026, 04:11 AM•2 min read

Having them in plaintext always seemed like a bad idea. Forget agents accidentally reading . env; any random package you get from the AUR can trivially read all your keys.

Source: [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49668727)

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