Why we deleted our config files

The hidden cost of setup

Every project we started began the same way: a day or two of wiring, environment variables, and boilerplate before a single line of real work got written. Multiply that across a team and it adds up to weeks a year spent on things nobody asked for.

We started tracking where that time actually went. The answer was uncomfortable. Configuration was not a one-time cost — it was a tax we paid on every new service, every new hire, and every environment we spun up.

What we changed

So we made a rule: sensible defaults for everything, and config only when you truly need to override them. The result is projects that run the moment you clone them, and a team that spends its energy on the work that matters.