The Hub for Feature Flag Driven Development
Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) enables development teams to build, integrate, test, and release new software in a single platform. It has a centralized version control system that allows for continuous integration, package management, and release management. Together, these components enable agile teams to move faster in a more centralized manner while also minimizing […]
This article by Jeffrey Lee highlights the recent funding announcement from LaunchDarkly, a company specializing in feature flags that allows companies to beta launch software with less risk. Last month, LaunchDarkly raised $8.7m from DFJ, with SoftTechVC and Bloomberg Beta following on. DFJ’s portfolio has had huge wins like Box, Twilio, SolarCity and Tesla. This […]
This article by Sam Moore discusses the intricacies of a redesign, and the do’s and dont’s, including best practices. In certain situations sites that have grown truly dated sometimes need a more intense, focused design effort to move away from the pattern of periodic redesigns. The best strategy in a case like this is to […]
In this episode, Edith and Paul talk about OKRs and other goal-setting methods. Hear them discuss the good, the bad and the “gameability” of measuring success. The pair remind us that there are learnings in the journey, not just the destination, despite what the term “growth hacking” might have you believe. This is episode #28 in […]
Skylight’s article on feature toggles shows how they allow their VIP customers (“Insiders”) to flip on features via a UI. This allows users to control their own experience and experiment with new features before they are released. Skylight Insiders get a behind-the-scenes peek at features in development, allowing them to start using new features as […]
The presentation by Anand Agrawal covers the pros and cons of using feature toggles for application management. It goes over some tips for implementing flags in your stack and discusses some of the things to look out for in the long-run (like avoiding technical debt).
This github guide about feature flagging is open to contributors. It talks about feature flagging best practices, avoiding technical debt, database migrations, and implementation strategies. An interesting overview of everything related to feature toggling. Table of Contents Introduction Uses Getting Started Cleaning Up Best Practices Flags vs Branching Blue-Green Deployments Database Migrations Implementation
This article discusses the benefits of using feature flags for soft launching new features. A feature flagged soft launch changes this. It allows you to mitigate the risk of feature releases and incrementally roll out a feature to your users. Some benefits include: Releasing a feature ‘off’ in production and then slowly rolling it out […]
In this article, Luca Minudel discusses how to release faster without increased risk. He provides an overview of trunk-based-development & feature toggles. Key takeaways It’s possible to simultaneously increase speed and reliability of software development, and reduce risks; there’s no need to tradeoff quality and safety for speed. Continuous delivery together with latent-to-live code patterns maximise […]
This InfoQ article discusses the use of feature toggling as a new nomenclature term for continuous delivery. It also discusses trunk-based development with an overview of feature toggles. Key takeaways It’s possible to simultaneously increase speed and reliability of software development, and reduce risks; there’s no need to tradeoff quality and safety for speed. Continuous […]