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As someone who spent decades in traditional engineering and is now learning modern web dev, what is the safest way to store API keys in a production environment so they never end up accidentally committed to GitHub?

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As someone who spent decades in traditional engineering and is now learning modern web dev, what is the safest way to store API keys in a production environment so they never end up accidentally committed to GitHub?
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