I think there are perfectly fine ways of dealing with it in Django, but it sucks that the documentation does not recognize how vital managing your config is and

I think there are perfectly fine ways of dealing with it in Django, but it sucks that the documentation does not recognize how vital managing your config is and doesn't expand on the matter. Using a local(_)settings.py feels more esoteric than basic, because you have to find your own blog posts explaining how to do it. Having to come up with your own SECRET_KEY generator for your FOSS Django project feels hacky in a bad way. I don't know if Django has an implementation problem, but I'd say it has a documentation problem.