If you work with more then one Apple Developer account, keeping provisioning certificates and profiles straight can be a real pain.

Apple does a lot right, but this is one part of the development process that is, frankly, shit.

Naming conventions when generating a certificate request can go a long way to minimizing the drama.

If these conventions, or similar ones, are used, there is reduced confusion when examining the certificates in Xcode and the Keychain App.

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