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7 Mistakes You’re Making with Feature Flags

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Date Published
Author
Heidi Waterhouse
Word Count
883
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8
Language
English
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Summary

The text discusses common mistakes made in implementing feature flags and provides advice on how to avoid them. These include using single-purpose flags instead of multi-function ones, giving flags descriptive names, assigning responsibility for managing flags appropriately, avoiding technical debt by removing unused flags, distinguishing between ephemeral and permanent flags, and not reusing feature flags. The text also mentions a real-world example of a major mistake involving feature flag misuse - the Knight Capital incident.

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