Never hand agents raw API keys: 75-second video on identity, least privilege, and key gateways
tobowers · x · 2026-09-25
Developer tobowers warns that 'just give the agent your API key' is how one key ends up scattered across hundreds of .env files. He argues for treating agents like direct reports: give them their own identity, never more access than the person they work for, and route keys through a gateway. The advice is packaged in a 75-second narrated video voiced by a voice clone.
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