Sure thing, let’s lock that down. First off keep your keys out of source control, use environment variables or a secrets manager, and rotate them regularly. Never hard‑code a passphrase in a comment or a string literal – I’ve seen that happen in half a dozen projects. When it comes to encryption, use a well‑reviewed library, don’t roll your own cipher, and stick to authenticated encryption like AES‑GCM or ChaCha20‑Poly1305. Keep the nonce unique per message, and never reuse it with the same key. For data in transit, enforce TLS 1.3, pin the server cert, and validate the hostname. Drop any legacy ciphers, no RC4 or DES. And don’t forget the human side: audit your code, write unit tests that cover key usage, and run a static analyzer that flags any potential leaks. If you keep those habits, the API will stay as safe as my unfinished projects—except I don’t abandon them.

Sounds good, keep the pipeline singing that error melody for any stray secrets, and we’ll catch them before they turn into bugs. I’ll dig in after you run the tests and give the code a once‑over—no hard‑coded keys should slip through. Let’s keep the fortress tight.

Cool, I’ll hop into the repo, pull the latest branch, run the test suite again, and do a quick diff on the new secrets‑related commits. I’ll make sure the key rotation logic is actually exercised by the unit tests and that TLS 1.3 is enforced in the server config. Once that passes I’ll give a green flag and point out any minor quirks I spot. Sound good?

Got it, I’ll keep a log‑watching eye on the audit trail and ping you if anything off‑beat pops up. Let’s keep the fortress tight.