REP – build-once, run anywhere. Secure runtime config for web apps

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Hey HN,Every frontend framework bakes environment variables into the JavaScript bundle at build time (process.env, import.meta.env). This means your Docker image is environment-specific — you build one for staging, another for prod, and the image you tested is never the one you deploy.I built REP (Runtime Environment Protocol) to fix this. It's a lightweight Go gateway (~6MB binary, zero deps) that sits in front of your static file server and injects env vars into HTML responses at container startup.What makes it different from the dozens of window.__ENV__ hacks:- Three-tier security classification: REP_PUBLIC_* (plaintext), REP_SENSITIVE_* (AES-256-GCM encrypted, decrypted via short-lived s

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