Latest Feature Flags posts

Coordinating Feature Flags Across Microservices

To better understand the importance of proper feature management, we’ll explore some common difficulties that arise when coordinating feature flags across microservices.

LaunchDarkly

Feature Flags

Dec 06

What Is a Kill Switch in Software Development?

The concept of a kill switch is not confined to just apps and software development. In fact, the term predates anything having to do with a computer or code.

LaunchDarkly

Feature Flags

Nov 29

Using LaunchDarkly in AWS Serverless

This article will cover how to get LaunchDarkly set up in Lambda and show you how to handle those aspects that are unique to serverless.

Brian Rinaldi and Alex Hardman

Feature Flags

Nov 17

Using LaunchDarkly Feature Flags With GraphQL Applications

This post is about how we can start to layer in feature flags alongside a GraphQL server to make it more dynamic for developers.

Peter McCarron

Feature Flags

Jul 28

7 Mistakes You’re Making with Feature Flags

Common missteps many make in their feature flag journey revealed, and how to avoid them.

Heidi Waterhouse

Feature Flags

Jul 19

Decoupling Monoliths With Container Orchestration and Feature Flags

In this guide, we'll talk about monolith migration patterns and how they interact in hypothetical scenarios. You’ll also learn more about feature flags, container orchestration, and other useful tools to employ in a monolith migration.

Oscar Nevarez

Feature Flags

Feb 15

Paramount Improves Developer Productivity 100X With LaunchDarkly

How Paramount went from deploying twice a month to multiple times per day.

Matt DeLaney

Feature Flags

Dec 28

ICYMI: The Year in LaunchDarkly

Since the end of a year tends to bring a lot of reflective moments, we wanted to quickly run down some of the stuff that happened around here in case you missed it.

Kevin Smith

Feature Flags

Sep 09

Why Use Feature Flags?

In this post, we’ll take a look at what feature flags are, when to use them, and why they make sense for large and small companies.

LaunchDarkly

Feature Flags

Apr 14

Git Branching Strategies vs. Trunk-Based Development

This article will first review the benefits and shortcomings of several common Git branching strategies. Then, we’ll compare those to trunk-based development to learn how the latter solves those shortcomings and enables modern software delivery practices through feature flag management.

LaunchDarkly

Feature Flags

May 24