How to Use Feature Flags for Continuous Delivery

[pransh15]

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How to Use Feature Flags for Continuous Delivery

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Tips on how to use feature flags to enable continuous delivery, including how to use flags to control release velocity and manage risk.

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[KafilatAdeleke]

🚀 hi, I'd love to work on this.

[KafilatAdeleke]

Here's a possible outline for the article

1 Introduction

• What feature flags are and how they can conditionally turn certain sections of code on or off

• What continuous delivery is and how it differs from continuous deployment.

• Explaining how feature flags can extend continuous delivery into continuous deployment by allowing changes to be put into production behind a flag and turned on in a controlled way later

• Main benefits of using feature flags for continuous delivery, such as faster feedback, lower risk, and better user experience.

2. How to use feature flags to control release velocity

   • Explains what release velocity is and why it is important for continuous delivery.
   • Explains how feature flags can help control release velocity by enabling gradual rollouts, canary releases, and dark launches.
   • Examples of how to use feature flags to control release velocity, such as using percentage-based rollouts, targeting specific user segments, or using kill switches.

3. How to use feature flags to manage risk

   • Explains what risk is and why it is important for continuous delivery.
   • Explains how feature flags can help manage risk by enabling testing in production, progressive experimentation, and feature observability.
   • Provides some examples of how to use feature flags to manage risk, such as using A/B testing, hypothesis-driven development, or feature monitoring.

4. Conclusion

   • Summarizes the main points of the article and restate the benefits of using feature flags for continuous delivery.
   • Provides some tips on how to choose the right feature flagging tool and best practices for using feature flags effectively.
   • Encourage the readers to try out feature flags for their own continuous delivery projects and provide some resources for further learning.

[pransh15]

Hi @KafilatAdeleke 👋 Thanks for submitting this, I'll share it with the team and get back to you with a review on this outline 😄