In the world of software development, the excitement of shipping code to users is often tempered by the inherent risks that come with each release. To mitigate these risks, one approach to choose is to decouple the deployment of code from when the feature goes live. This is achieved through a technique known as feature flagging.
Feature flagging is a powerful tool that allows developers to safely push out new features to customers in a measured and gradual way. These features can be hidden behind if/then expressions in the code and can be made specific to some users or all of them. In this blog, you’ll learn about what feature flags are and how to use them, and discover the benefits they offer.