Feature Flagging Techniques: From Theory to Battle-Tested Production
If you’ve ever held your breath while deploying code at 3 AM, silently praying nothing explodes, you’ve earned the right to know about feature flags. They’re like the ejection seat of modern software development—except you rarely have to eject, and when you do, your users barely notice. Feature flags are conditional logic wrappers that let you control which code paths execute at runtime, without touching your deployment pipeline. They’re the Swiss Army knife of continuous delivery, enabling you to deploy code safely, run A/B tests, and perform canary releases without the existential dread that usually accompanies shipping to production....
