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Always use centralized helper functions for configuration management instead of direct environment variable access or hardcoded values. This ensures consistency, maintainability, and proper error handling across the codebase.

Key practices:

Example of proper configuration handling:

# Bad - direct environment access and hardcoded values
api_key = os.environ.get("GEMINI_API_KEY")
MAX_STRING_LENGTH = 1000
if os.getenv("NO_REDOC", "False") == "True":

# Good - using helper utilities
api_key = get_secret_str("GEMINI_API_KEY") or get_secret_str("GOOGLE_API_KEY")
MAX_STRING_LENGTH = get_secret_str("MAX_STRING_LENGTH_PROMPT_IN_DB", "1000")
if str_to_bool(os.getenv("NO_REDOC", "False")):

This approach prevents configuration drift, reduces code duplication, and makes configuration behavior predictable across different parts of the system.