.env.python.local - [work]

# config.py from pathlib import Path from dotenv import load_dotenv import os

load_dotenv('.env.python.local') print(f"API Key: os.getenv('API_KEY')") .env.python.local

# .env.python.local FLASK_APP=app.py FLASK_ENV=development SECRET_KEY=dev-key # app.py from dotenv import load_dotenv load_dotenv('.env.python.local') # config

You can copy this into a file named .env in your project root. engineering teams establish a clear distinction:

By standardizing on a suffix like .python.local , engineering teams establish a clear distinction: