> Do you not build stuff that needs to run differently on production systems than development systems? Simple things like credentials or connection URLs.
If you're building an MVP then the first and foremost concern is getting a proof of concept product running. However to answer your question I don't really see how editing list of constants in an AOT compiled language is any worse than having to do the same in any of the hundreds of popular web solutions written in languages like PHP where they often embed config as source code variables. It's the same issues with hard coded settings in source code but the difference is how your continuous integration pipeline / code deployment scripts are configured. So it's quite an easy problem to solve once you look at the deployment automation.
Obviously the end goal would be to have readable configuration files for different environments. But pragmatically real world code often ends up being rushed and hacked to meet deadlines rather than nurtured, following industry best practices at every point throughout it's development cycle (assuming your company even has a documented development cycle. Many don't!)
If you're building an MVP then the first and foremost concern is getting a proof of concept product running. However to answer your question I don't really see how editing list of constants in an AOT compiled language is any worse than having to do the same in any of the hundreds of popular web solutions written in languages like PHP where they often embed config as source code variables. It's the same issues with hard coded settings in source code but the difference is how your continuous integration pipeline / code deployment scripts are configured. So it's quite an easy problem to solve once you look at the deployment automation.
Obviously the end goal would be to have readable configuration files for different environments. But pragmatically real world code often ends up being rushed and hacked to meet deadlines rather than nurtured, following industry best practices at every point throughout it's development cycle (assuming your company even has a documented development cycle. Many don't!)