Episode 580: Varlock: Bringing Order to the Chaos of Environment Variables

Episode 580: Varlock: Bringing Order to the Chaos of Environment Variables

July 10, 2026 · 55 min · Episode 580

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Brandon discusses with Phil Miller and Theo Ephraim about varlock, a tool designed to manage environment variables effectively.

Every project has environment variables. Almost nobody manages them well. This week Brandon talks with Phil Miller and Theo Ephraim, who built varlock to fix that — bringing structure and security to the humble .env file. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 580 Show Links: varlock.dev varlock on GitHub @env-spec Overview DMNO (corporate site) Varlock MCP Server (docs) howtostore.food — Theo's side project on the best way to store produce unsafeharbour.com — Phil's music label Nautical Artifacts on Bandcamp bumpy Contact Phil Miller: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/themillman Email: phil@varlock.dev Music: unsafeharbour.com Contact Theo Ephraim: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/theo-ephraim Website: theoephraim.com Twitter/X: @theozero Bluesky: @theozero.bsky.social Email: theo@varlock.dev General Contact: hello@varlock.dev hello@dmno.dev Varlock Community Varlock Discord — Chat with the team and other users GitHub Discussions — Suggestions, questions, and feature requests varlock on GitHub — Star the project and follow updates Varlock on X Varlock on Bluesky SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your…

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