Hardcoding passwords into scripts always feels like a temporary solution…
…right until it ends up in Git 😅
I wrote a short post on handling secrets more safely in SQLcl projects and completing admin tasks without creating a security nightmare:
martincarstenbach.com/2026/05/25/c...
TL;DR: for security reasons you cannot possibly store sensitive information in Git. There have been too many occasions where API keys, passwords, or other configuration data has been exposed. Abuse…
