The article actually specifies that they are known statically, and not actually dynamic values. They are not coming from databases or other external sources and

The article actually specifies that they are known statically, and not actually dynamic values. They are not coming from databases or other external sources and that's a large part of why it's a code smell. From the article, near the top but below where many people in this thread stopped reading: > its value is always known at compile time. We’re not receiving it as an parameter from an HTTP request or a value from the database.