March 2016 Summaries

LaunchDarkly has partnered with Microsoft to provide feature flagging support for Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server. The LaunchDarkly Extension allows developers to release features confidently with less risk by associating feature flags with work items in Visual Studio Team Services. This integration enables comprehensive control over who sees what, when, and how a feature is rolled out during the development lifecycle. By incorporating feature flags into release definitions, teams can unlock the true power of DevOps for building better software faster.

In this episode of To Be Continuous podcast series, Edith and Paul discuss Paul's blog post titled 'It's The Future'. They talk about the inspiration behind the article, its content, and the reaction it received from readers. The article humorously critiques the complexity in the Docker ecosystem at that time. It was a content marketing piece that went viral on Hacker News and led to partnerships for Paul's company. Despite some minor factual errors, the article was well-received by most readers who appreciated its technical detail and clever jokes. The discussion also touches upon the importance of focusing on business metrics rather than social media likes or shares in content marketing strategies.

In this episode of “To Be Continuous,” Edith Harbaugh and Paul Biggar discuss the evolution of Sales as a Service (SaaS) over time, touching on topics such as salespeople in the ecosystem, the complexity of products being served through SaaS, and how continuous delivery has kept costs down. They also explore the concept of SDKs and whether or not they can be considered part of SaaS.

LaunchDarkly is an enterprise-grade feature flag platform designed for development teams, addressing the complexities of managing feature flags at scale. It provides robust lifecycle management capabilities, audit logs, team access controls, and analytics integrations to mitigate technical debt and improve collaboration among cross-functional teams. The platform supports multiple languages and frameworks, allowing organizations with diverse stacks to manage feature flags effectively. LaunchDarkly offers a free 30-day trial and demo for interested teams.