.env.development

The most common horror story in software is a developer accidentally running DROP DATABASE on the production server. By using .env.development, you explicitly point your development server to a local or staging database. Even if your code has a destructive bug, your production data remains untouched.

Diagnosis: Your editor doesn't know which schema to validate against. .env.development

Solution: Create a .env.d.ts (TypeScript) or use a VS Code extension like "DotENV" to add syntax highlighting and validation. The most common horror story in software is

echo "API_BASE=/api" >> .env.development echo "LOG_LEVEL=debug" >> .env.development ❌ Don't

✅ Do

❌ Don't