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Should you feature flag everything?
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pubDate: 2023-06-13
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archive/2023/06/13/should-you-feature-flag-everything
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- feature-flags
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Whilst it's probably impractical to feature flag every new feature or change to your application, considering it is something I do for each change.
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If you find a bug after a feature has been released, if it's feature flagged, you can quickly disable it without needing to make a code change or release another version.
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Instead of needing a rollback plan for a release and reverting to the previous version, it can be as simple as disabling the feature flag again to turn it off whilst the cause is investigated.
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There is a maintenance overhead to adding a feature flag, and it can cause complexity by creating separate paths within the code but using feature flags gives a lot of benefits too.
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