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Environment variables and secrets, explained: the .env file

Why your app's keys live in labelled envelopes outside the code, which envelopes the browser gets a copy of (VITE_, NEXT_PUBLIC_), and where secret keys actually belong, from the tools' own docs.

Sam Ortega · 1h ago · 6 min

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Row Level Security explained (with a picture): the setting that matters

The one database setting behind the biggest vibe-coded app exposures, shown as a table: who sees what with RLS off, who sees what with it on, and the policy your AI tool should be writing.

Sam Ortega · 1h ago · 7 min