I suspect that a lot of this has to do with simply having shitty configuration loading from horrible (XML) config files. This small example already gives me ent

I suspect that a lot of this has to do with simply having shitty configuration loading from horrible (XML) config files. This small example already gives me enterprisey nightmares. The author also omits many of the arguments for config files other than change, like being able to easily check what the current setting is without having to dig into the code, or reading out the configurations from other tools. I you work on a project where "configuration hell" is an issue, maybe one should focus more on addressing the "hell" part instead of taking the configuration out of the equation.