> Obviously you shouldn't be storing sensitive information in your codebase (I hope everybody knows that) Sadly, in my experience hardcoding secrets such as (d

> Obviously you shouldn't be storing sensitive information in your codebase (I hope everybody knows that) Sadly, in my experience hardcoding secrets such as (database) passwords and encryption private keys is not uncommon at all in web applications. I don’t like criticising other developers, but sometimes the people who get to make these decisions don’t necessarily have the perspective or experience to make the rights calls.