<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Environment-Variables on Catalyst9 Engineering</title><link>https://blog.catalyst9.ai/tags/environment-variables/</link><description>Recent content in Environment-Variables on Catalyst9 Engineering</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0600</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://blog.catalyst9.ai/tags/environment-variables/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Your .env files are a liability — even when they never leave your machine</title><link>https://blog.catalyst9.ai/posts/part-2-env-files-liability/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate><guid>https://blog.catalyst9.ai/posts/part-2-env-files-liability/</guid><description>Your .env never touched git. The password leaked anyway. Nine separate places, depending on which tools you used that afternoon. Here&amp;rsquo;s the better model.</description></item></channel></rss>