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		abustamam 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini c... It's been a while since I've used stripe but don't their keys start with sk_ for secret and pk_ for public? I like that. Easy to tell if you should keep the key a secret or not.

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ceejayoz 5 days ago [–]

They do, yeah.

(Although `pk` always freaks me out. Public or private?! Oh, right, the other one's "secret".)

ZiiS 5 days ago | | [–]

Or is `sk` shared key and `pk` private key...

abustamam 4 days ago | | | [–]

OK now I'm rethinking my life

johanyc 5 days ago | | [–]

Honestly we should just always call them public and secret key to avoid confusion

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