.env.local

Think of .env.local as your personal configuration layer—it sits on top of your project's default settings, letting you customize behavior for your local machine without affecting anyone else on your team.

AUTH_SECRET="your-development-secret-key" AUTH_GITHUB_ID="Ov23li..." AUTH_GITHUB_SECRET="your-github-oauth-secret" .env.local

The .env.local file is a plain text configuration file used to store key-value pairs representing environment variables specifically for local development. Think of