https://netflux.io/tags/best-practices/ Recent content in Best-Practices on netflux.io Hugo en-us Tue, 05 May 2026 19:01:23 +0200 https://netflux.io/posts/your-env-files-are-under-attack/ Tue, 05 May 2026 19:01:23 +0200 https://netflux.io/posts/your-env-files-are-under-attack/ <p>Unencrypted secrets on developer workstations and long-lived credentials in continuous integration environments have long been considered bad practice. But they have often been tolerated because the cost of avoiding them was perceived as higher than the cost of leaving them - for most projects, most of the time. That calculation has changed. The rise of AI agents has opened new paths for local secrets to leak, and every step of the software development lifecycle is being actively targeted by a sustained campaign of supply chain attacks. Rigorous secrets management is now a foundational part of every project.</p>