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PunchyHamstertoday at 8:19 AM1 replyview on HN

hahahaha as if humans wouldn't just give their hey to the bot


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sethammonstoday at 9:57 AM

That misses the point. The point is for easy validation that the key was generated appropriately. Many api keys have a standard prefix for just this reason. It especially helps on documentation where the key name might be confused with the value: "your key starts with hnkey-"