Ian Evanoff

My first 10 minutes in a new repository

March 07, 2026 Ian Evanoff

The first ten minutes in a new repository reveal a lot. READMEs, scripts, file structure, tests, and setup all send signals about how a team works. For anyone focused on developer experience, these early moments often tell you what working in the system will really feel like for months to come.

Managing Secrets with 1Password CLI

December 02, 2025 Ian Evanoff

DevEx Security Password Management Tooling CLI

Managing local secrets with gitignored env files works—until it doesn’t. Let's walk through using 1Password and the `op` CLI to inject secrets into dotfiles, keeping credentials centralized, recoverable, and out of your repository while preserving a clean, public configuration setup.