docs: highlight that user secrets can be managed from the dashboard (#26030)

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In deployments with secret encryption enabled, stored bytes exceed the raw
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## Create a secret
## Manage secrets from the dashboard
You can create, edit, and delete user secrets in the Coder dashboard. Click your
avatar, select **Account**, then select **Secrets**.
You can create, edit, and delete user secrets from the Coder dashboard:
1. Click your avatar in the top right.
1. Select **Account**.
1. Select **Secrets**.
From this page you can add a new secret, update an existing secret's value,
description, or environment variable and file targets, and delete secrets you
no longer need.
The rest of this guide shows the equivalent CLI commands. The same behaviors,
limits, and injection rules apply whether you manage secrets from the
dashboard or the CLI.
## Create a secret
Use `coder secret create <name>` to create a user secret. For sensitive values,
provide the value through non-interactive stdin with a pipe or redirect. This