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

This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2019. #GOTOcon #YOW Edith Harbaugh - CEO & Co-founder at LaunchDarkly ORIGINAL TALK TITLE Mistakes Were Made – Patterns & Anti-Patterns for Effective Feature Flagging • Edith Harbaugh RESOURCES 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 • John Arundel & Justin Domingus • Cloud Native DevOps with Kubernetes • Wynne, Hellesoy & Tooke • The Cucumber Book • Robert C. Myers • Essential Test-Driven Development • Roy Osherove • The Art of Unit Testing • Eric Ries • The Lean Startup • Ronnie Mitra & Irakli Nadareishvili • Microservices: Up and Running • #FeatureFlagging #FeatureFlags #DarkLaunch #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #EdithHarbaugh #YOWcon Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at Sign up for updates and specials at SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily.