In this article, Edith Harbaugh discusses the potential pitfalls of feature flags and how to avoid those mistakes.

Key takeaways

• Feature flags are a valuable technique to deliver better, more reliable software faster
• Feature flags can be used for both release management (dark launches, canary rollouts, betas) as well as long term control (entitlement management, user segmentation personalization)
• Feature flags need to be managed properly with visibility and control to engineering
• If not managed properly, feature flags can be very destructive technical debt
• The true power of feature flags is to allow business users access to code control by separating deployment from visibility

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