A Deployment Is Not a Release, Controlled Launches with Feature Flags
summary
Explains using Feature Flags (aka Dark Launch) to decouple code deployment from feature release by guarding new features with runtime if/then logic and controlling exposure from the backend. Describes Amazon’s decade-long practice and gives a hands-on, code-and-AWS-console-focused walkthrough for adding feature flags to cloud-hosted or on-prem applications.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:50Traditional vs modern deployments
- 5:20Feature flags concepts
- 8:30Implementing feature flags
- 12:43AWS AppConfig setup
- 17:14Live demo
- 23:14Controlled launch management
- 27:46Best practices and testing
- 29:53AWS access security
- 34:00Conclusion
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