🔧 Environment Variables Don't Have to Suck

I've lost count of how many times I've seen this in production:



const port = parseInt(process.env.PORT || "3000", 10)
const dbUrl = process.env.DATABASE_URL
if (!dbUrl) throw new Error("DATABASE_URL is required")






It's in every codebase. The same six lines, copy-pasted across a dozen files. Half the time someone forgets parseInt exists and...