First Ever*
*Well... It's a "first" for me.
This is my first-ever attempt at publishing something on GitHub, turning it into a pip library, and posting on daily.dev
A lot of "first-evers" in one go ;]
The idea here is simple—I wanted to create something that allows me to generate random keys and passwords, has a couple of simple parameters to control it, and runs directly from the terminal.
All those browser extensions and desktop account managers just annoy me, and to be honest, I don't trust them. What's even more annoying is filling out the registration form on some websites only to get an error message asking for a stupidly complicated password. How many times have you needed to angrily type a new password for the 7th time and mumble to yourself, "I'm not going to remember that crap now."
This little program will not save your passwords ;) It will help you generate them and force you to store them securely, as there's no way you will remember 🧠.
I'm sure there are much better, more complicated, and more secure things out there. That's not the point here. It's me going outside my comfort zone (being an introverted polymath growth hacker...) and doing something that makes me very uncomfortable.
dawid-aiHow to use it
It's super simple - just go to your terminal and type pip install genkey to install it.
Then type genkey and it should spit out a random string of 32 characters. If you want to set a number, add -c [number] it after the command. You can also generate without special characters by adding -s or with no numbers: -n.
You can stack it all together: genkey -c 12 -s -n
Generated key copies to your clipboard. That's it ;)
