EXPEDITION 11 · 2024
Developer Experience
Harbor Sync
A local secrets synchronizer retired after its convenience exceeded its security model.
0production users
1risk retired early
2024year explored
The question
Could developers receive environment secrets without copying values through chat and documents?
The route
I prototyped encrypted local bundles, but key rotation and revocation remained coupled to individual machines.
The outcome
I stopped the project before adoption and moved the workflow toward short-lived identity-based access.
Field note
Stopping a convenient security tool can be the most responsible version of shipping it.
Instruments
- Go
- Age Encryption
- AWS IAM
- CLI