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Feature flags flat out changed how I ship.

Feature flags flat out changed how I ship. Every feature now goes to prod on day one, switched off. Merging and…

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Feature flags flat out changed how I ship. Every feature now goes to prod on day one, switched off. Merging and launching aren't the same thing anymore. My rollout is simple. Turn it on for the team first, then 5% of users while I watch errors, then everyone. If something breaks, I just flip it off. No rollback, no 2 AM redeploy, no panic. It also kills long-lived branches. Code lands small and often, so merges stop being scary. Two things I learned the hard way tbh. Name flags so anyone can tell what they do, and delete them once a feature is fully live. Old flags pile up and your codeba

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