DotEnv for .NET: The Configuration Superpower You Didn’t Know You Needed!
Why DotEnv is PERFECT for both regular apps and the new .NET 10 file-based apps If you're building modern .NET applications—especially those new single-file .NET 10 apps —you need a configuration approach that’s simple, portable, secure-ish, and doesn’t require a full appsettings.json pipeline just to load two key-value pairs. Guess what? The DotEnv NuGet package is the hero we've been waiting for . 🎉 DotEnv brings the simplicity of JavaScript, Python, and Linux environments straight into .NET—no ceremony, no boilerplate, just clean environment variables in a .env file that you load with one line of code. Today, I'm going to show you why DotEnv is a game changer and why it's one of the BEST configuration choices for both full .NET applications and the new file-based apps introduced in .NET 10. 🚀 Why DotEnv? Because configuration shouldn’t hurt your brain. ✔ Perfect for simple apps Your console app doesn't need a full JSON hierarchy the size of a Tolkein nov...