Etsy can turn these changes on or off with a single configuration commonly referred to as a feature flag.
— Unbundling the Enterprise, in “Chapter 5: Optimization Through Feedback Loops”, Stephen Fishman & Matt McLarty
feature flag
1 of our books and 2 talks define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.
think of it as just an if statement. It's an if statement
— Travis Gosselin · Unleashing Deploy Velocity with Feature Flags, Las Vegas 2022 · at 6:55
a software development process used to enable or disable functionality remotely without deploying code
— Peter McCarron · Full Stack Feature Flags with LaunchDarkly, Virtual US 2022 · at 3:51
See also feature · Feature flags · Ramps
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