Scattered Configuration

ID: scattered_config | Severity: Low (default)

Identifies configuration (like environment variable access) that is spread across many different files instead of being centralized.

Why this is a smell

Centralizing configuration makes it easier to:

• See all configuration options in one place.
• Provide default values.
• Validate configuration at startup.
• Change the source of configuration (e.g., from env vars to a file or a secret manager).

How to fix

Create a central config module that reads and validates all environment variables and exports them as a typed object.