u/Lazy_Spend_4142

Somewhere along the way, copy and paste became part of my coding workflow.Logs, configs, API responses... they all went straight into AI tools.I assumed I'd notice anything sensitive, but I rarely looked through everything I was copying.
 
That made me build a Chrome extension that checks pasted content for API keys, tokens, passwords, and other secrets before they're shared.If you'd like to try it, let me know and I'll send you the link.

Something weird I realized recently is if someone asks me what my migraines are like, my answer changes depending on when they ask. Right after one I’ll say it was terrible and obvious. A few days later I’ll say maybe it wasn’t that bad. Then later I’ll forget half the details and only remember one part. Kind of makes me wonder how much I miss just because I trust my memory too much. Anyone else has noticed this or if your description stays pretty consistent.

I've been using AI tools for coding almost every day, and something happened recently that made me rethink my workflow. I copied a huge stack trace into an AI tool while debugging, and a few seconds later I noticed there was an API key buried in the middle of it. Nothing bad happened, but it made me wonder how often developers accidentally share sensitive information without realizing it.
 
When you're focused on fixing a bug, you're not reviewing hundreds of lines of logs before hitting paste. That experience made me build a Chrome extension for myself. I'm still testing it, so I'm curious:
 
- Has this ever happened to you?
- How do you make sure you don't accidentally share secrets with AI tools?
- Is there already a solution people are using that I don't know about?
 
I'd love to hear how everyone else is handling this.