I did opposite in large Windows-based real-time algorithmic system with tens of thousands of parameters. The parameters were stored in MS-SQL database, under co

I did opposite in large Windows-based real-time algorithmic system with tens of thousands of parameters. The parameters were stored in MS-SQL database, under complex schema. For each branch and version, each developer were adding new parameters, so after merges or upgrades it quickly become parameters hell. I changed the parameters storage implementation to use CSV files, instead of MS-SQL, while external API did't changed. Now we were able to add .CSV files to the source control and parameters were versioned and automatically merged. Additional bonus - you can edit .CSV files in Excel ;)