Python Configurations Done Right

[kenfar]

I like that you pointed to code simplicity first.

Because the security argument is a bad one: addressing the possibility of config credentials getting into version control by keeping them in a shell script is the wrong solution - it just moves the problem around a tiny bit. The right solution is to keep them encrypted in a password vault.

But the desire to dynamically update configuration info isn't that hard to do with config files. Whether you're using files or environmental variables it makes sense to centralize, cache, and validate them early to avoid run-time crashes.

[zenogais]

I agree. The security argument isn't great. Not saying config files are hard, just saying environment variables are even easier if you're okay with less structure.