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Build vs. Buy: 11 Tips for Migrating to LaunchDarkly

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Author
Dawn Parzych
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1,779
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10
Language
English
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Summary

This article provides a comprehensive roadmap for migrating to LaunchDarkly's feature management platform from a homegrown or open-source solution (OSS). It outlines potential challenges such as addressing technical debt, prioritizing migrations across teams, and training team members. The migration process is divided into three phases: planning, executing, and post-migration. Tips for each phase are provided, including gradual migration, manageable timelines, choosing the right team for the pilot, standardizing a naming convention, keeping most legacy flags in the legacy system, adding new flags to LaunchDarkly only, changing the wrapper not the calls, dividing into projects, defining your process, using tags, and asking for help. The article emphasizes the importance of planning before executing the migration to avoid technical debt and ensure a successful transition.

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