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Re:Show HN: Ocrbase – pdf → .md/.json document OCR and struc... by tuwtuwtuwtuw on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @02:21PM (#46696537)
Sure. The self host guide tells me to enter my github secret, in plain-text, in an env file. But it doesn't tell me why I should do that.

Do people actually store their secrets in plain text on the file system in production environments? Just seems a bit wild to me.

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Re:Show HN: Ocrbase – pdf → .md/.json document OCR and struc... by adammajcher on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @03:22PM (#46697264)
well, you can use secrets manager as well
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