https://qko.coffee/blog/ Recent content in Blog on qko@coffee:~$ Hugo en Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://qko.coffee/blog/runtime-configuration-vite-cloudfront/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://qko.coffee/blog/runtime-configuration-vite-cloudfront/ <p>Vite handles environment variables through <code>.env</code> files.</p> <p>During development, it loads <code>.env.development</code> and resolves <code>import.meta.env.VITE_*</code> references on the fly through its development server.</p> <p>During build, it reads <code>.env.production</code> and inlines the values directly into the output bundle, replacing every <code>import.meta.env.VITE_*</code> with the corresponding hardcoded string.</p> <p>This means one artifact per environment. This breaks the build-once-deploy-everywhere principle. The fix is to move configuration injection from build time to runtime, so a single artifact can serve any environment.</p>