You leaked your yoda translate api key in the video (31wiU[redacted]AQeF)
Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
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Re: Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
#12You leaked your yoda translate api key in the video (31wiU[redacted]AQeF)
We were waiting to see how long it took someone to notice that :) That key has already been rolled and instantly redeployed via our Heroku integration, but nice catch!
Re: Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
#13Why would someone use this over Vault or SOPS? Your (somewhat condescending) "stuck using FTP instead of Dropbox" is a very poor characterization. I think you've entered into a very busy space without bringing anything new to the table.
I can see why you might think that at first glance, but I'd encourage you to try out Doppler. No secrets manager offers the flexibility and incredible ease of use that we do. I'm not going to dive into a feature list, because a lot of that is table stakes, but what really sets us apart is our philosophy. We have the explicit goal of making our customers not only more secure but also more productive. Find me a Vault c…
I think I would focus a bit more on answering why this philosophy makes your product better than the proven secrets managers out there. I’m looking at products and comparing you against the established enterprise proven players. What really sets you apart from a product / use case standpoint.
Re: Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
#14Why would someone use this over Vault or SOPS? Your (somewhat condescending) "stuck using FTP instead of Dropbox" is a very poor characterization. I think you've entered into a very busy space without bringing anything new to the table.
Vault is definitely much more of a beast, but it also does a lot more, such as dynamic credentials. For just storing static secret/env vars this seems like a simpler solution.
Re: Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
#15Congrats on the launch. Great to see more products in this space. I'm also familiar (but never used) Envkey, which I think might also be from the YC alumni? but I'm not sure... Shameless plug: I created an open-source tool called envwarden[0], which is really just a simple wrapper around the Bitwarden[1] CLI (also open-source). envwarden helps you manage your server secrets and other variables inside your Bitwarden p…
Super happy user of EnvKey here - I'd be interested to hear what sets Doppler apart.
Re: Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
#16Nitpicky typo alert on the pricing page:
> Doppler empowers engineers and their teams too quickly set up a secure way to store and manage their sensitive application secrets like API keys, database urls, certifications, etc... through a dashboard, API, and command line tool.
should be "to quickly".
Best of luck with the launch, I'll definitely try it out.
Re: Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
#17Why would someone use this over Vault or SOPS? Your (somewhat condescending) "stuck using FTP instead of Dropbox" is a very poor characterization. I think you've entered into a very busy space without bringing anything new to the table.
Vault is definitely much more of a beast, but it also does a lot more, such as dynamic credentials. For just storing static secret/env vars this seems like a simpler solution.
Great point about dynamic secrets. This is an area we currently don't address, but it is definitely on our roadmap. There is a segment of the market for which dynamic secrets are an absolute requirement and we fully acknowledge that.
Re: Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
#18Nitpicky typo alert on the pricing page: > Doppler empowers engineers and their teams too quickly set up a secure way to store and manage their sensitive application secrets like API keys, database urls, certifications, etc... through a dashboard, API, and command line tool. should be "to quickly". Best of luck with the launch, I'll definitely try it out.
Nice catch! Pricing page is updated.
Re: Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
#19Sounds interesting, but could you explain to me why I should use this over something like Azure KeyVault?
There are two immediate reasons. The first is so that you can manage your secrets and env vars in the same way in development as you do in production. Engineers focus a lot on doing this for code, but this hasn't hit the env var space yet. The second is so that all your secrets live in one place. Doppler is your source of truth for secrets in the same way that GitHub is your source of truth for your code. Your develo…
But the [Secret Manger](https://cloud.google.com/secret-manager) from google is also easy to use and specially firebase environment config is exactly like the demo. Best wishes ...
Re: Launch HN: Doppler (YC W19) – Easily manage your env vars and secrets
#20We’ve been using Doppler for a few months in development so far, and I can tell you, it’s a game-changer. The thing that stands out is that Doppler is a technology in its own category — analogous to what Airbnb is to the travel industry or what Uber/Lyft is to transportation. As far as I know, nothing else exists like it, and yet it’s incredibly useful.
Have been in touch with one of Doppler’s co-founders and he’s been extremely helpful in integrating Doppler for us to use with NextJS (hosted on Vercel). Way to go on giving attention to your customers. We’ll be using Doppler for life, that’s for sure.