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scottmotte

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About scottmotte

Software Creative, in Los Angeles. Currently making dotenvx, a modern secrets management platform. Previously, I created dotenv, the widely-used open-source tool for managing environment variables.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48046758

    Cryptographic systems are mostly designed for machines, not humans. We end up staring at long strings. I wanted to experiment with how to better visualize them - in a more human wa…

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    Comment #47856429

    > If you did 'dotenvx run -- env', all your secrets would be printed right there in plaintext Same for sops. > The equivalent in vercel would be encrypted in the database (the encr…

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    Comment #47856345

    Creator of dotenvx here. There is no silver bullet, but Dotenvx splits your secrets into two separate locations. 1. The private decryption key - which lives on Vercel in this examp…

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    Show HN: Vestauth – Auth for Agents

    I"m the creator of dotenv and dotenvx. A month ago I started building a way for agents to store and rotate secrets as part of dotenvx and I ran into a problem. Agents can't sign th…

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    Comment #43356807

    Encrypting your .env file with dotenvx, or something similar, can help mitigate this need for trust.

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    Comment #41661345

    > developers could still potentially commit private keys the repo or commit the decrypted env file to prevent this, use: $ dotenvx ext precommit --install

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    Show HN: A better dotenv – dotenvx

    I'm the creator of node.js' dotenv. I'm making a better dotenv called dotenvx. * run anywhere (cross-platform) * multi-environment * encrypted envs What do you think?

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    Comment #35782488

    I've tried all four, and Render is the closest experience to Heroku. It still isn't as easy to use as Heroku, but it is close.

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    Comment #32502047

    > people are most comfortable being around people like themselves Inertia. This is everything. It takes effort to be around people unlike those currently around you. We all have pe…

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    Comment #32501968

    I love the look of the Punkt. I ordered one 3 years ago but because of delays, and then Covid, gave up on receiving it. They issued me a refund but I'd still like to get one - in a…

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    Comment #32499958

    1. On twitter 2. Start building. It will attract people. Don't go out and find them.

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    Comment #24064652

    I posted this myself as well a couple days ago. I was personally interested in HCQ before Trump ever tweeted it - turning it political. It was looking promising and still does. Aft…

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    Comment #22602036

    Generic drugs [1] [1] https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycomme...

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    Ask HN: Quickest way to acquire a US passport for children?

    I would like to acquire US passports for my children. They are both toddlers. What is the quickest way to do this? I'm willing to pay a 3rd party to streamline the process. My main…

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    Ask HN: What search engine do you use for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video?

    What search engine/tool/system do you use to search across the major tv and video providers like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video?

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    Comment #22295538

    Yeah it would be great to see some numbers from anyone who might have them. I'd put money on SPAs being slower, inside the bell curve than, than the average traditional page load a…

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