[bluGill]

You don't leave them on the desk. Lock them up with a key. Every office gives you file cabinet that locks.

[Drakim]

That's basically an analog password manager, we have gone full circle.

Or we return the metaphor to github repos, having a separate cabinet is like having a secret vault so that secrets are not directly in plain view in the repo itself, which is exactly what you should be doing.

[bluGill]

Not quite full circle as we have now agreed that writing your passwords down on paper is acceptable.

[Drakim]

I'll grant you that, it's not the medium that matters. But pen on paper wasn't my objection, it was the post-it note on the bezel of your monitor.