In the world I live in, most configurations changes require a redeploy of the application anyways, so moving them to a config file doesn't really help much. I

In the world I live in, most configurations changes require a redeploy of the application anyways, so moving them to a config file doesn't really help much. I definitely see the value of driving some configuration from database values, primarily if they're rapidly changing OR (more importantly) are being updated on the fly by non-technical employees.