In modern web development, .env.development is a configuration file used to store non-sensitive
Without environment files, you end up with horrible code like this:
. In the world of development, a secret leaked for even a second is a secret stolen by bots that crawl the web every millisecond.
Notice the lack of fear. DEBUG=true means every log, every stack trace, every warning surfaces immediately. The secret key is obviously fake—a gentle reminder that this file should never be copied to production.