I think the lesson here is to not fuck it up in the first place. When inventing the new framework "Foo", call the variable FOO_DEBUG, not FOO_ENV. As you've ob

I think the lesson here is to not fuck it up in the first place. When inventing the new framework "Foo", call the variable FOO_DEBUG, not FOO_ENV. As you've observed, it's not really possible to go back and fix this kind of mistake after it's been made.