Configuration Is Not Secondary. It Is the System.

Most applications treat configuration as an afterthought. A .env file here. A config object there. Maybe a JSON or YAML file for convenience. Configuration is usually seen as: Setup Defaults Environment variables But not the system itself. That’s the mistake. What We Typically Do In most projects, the real logic lives in code: Routes define behavior Functions define flow Classes define structure Configuration just tweaks things: Ports API keys Feature flags It supports the system. It doesn’t def