Patterns & Anti-Patterns for Effective Feature Flagging • Edith Harbaugh • YOW! 2019

This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2019. #GOTOcon #YOW https://yowcon.com Edith Harbaugh - CEO & Co-founder at LaunchDarkly ORIGINAL TALK TITLE Mistakes Were Made – Patterns & Anti-Patterns for Effective Feature Flagging • Edith Harbaugh RESOURCES https://twitter.com/edith_h https://www.linkedin.com/in/edithharbaugh https://github.com/eharbaugh ABSTRACT Feature flags are a valuable #DevOps 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). However, if not managed properly, feature flags can be very destructive technical debt. We'll discuss patterns & anti-patterns for effective feature flag management. [...] RECOMMENDED BOOKS Forsgren, Humble & Kim • Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps • https://amzn.to/3tCz1xO John Arundel & Justin Domingus • Cloud Native DevOps with Kubernetes • https://amzn.to/3hKZvI5 Wynne, Hellesoy & Tooke • The Cucumber Book • https://amzn.to/3tEUINJ Robert C. Myers • Essential Test-Driven Development • https://amzn.to/2Xc8ZWa Roy Osherove • The Art of Unit Testing • https://bit.ly/3obiKNB Eric Ries • The Lean Startup • https://amzn.to/396fOva Ronnie Mitra & Irakli Nadareishvili • Microservices: Up and Running • https://amzn.to/3c4HmmL https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #FeatureFlagging #FeatureFlags #DarkLaunch #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #EdithHarbaugh #YOWcon Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1