# Simplifying Secrets for Go

DevFeed: [Simplifying Secrets for Go](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/simplifying-secrets-for-go-17843.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://encore.dev/blog/simple-secrets>)

Author: André Eriksson

Published: 2020-03-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Encore Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/encore-updates.md>)

Topics: [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [API keys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-keys.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>)

Tags: [api-keys](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-keys.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [secrets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secrets.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [vault](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vault.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how Encore aims to simplify secret management for Go applications. It describes declaring secrets in source code as variables, setting their values from the command line, storing them securely in Vault, and providing them to applications at startup.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Encore makes writing secure code much simpler than before. Never feel tempted to commit secret keys to source code again.