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Informing Stakeholders Isn’t the Same as Aligning Them

The first sign of trouble was a screenshot. We’d just switched on the A/B test via our feature management platform. Within the hour, a senior stakeholder landed in the variant feature flag, opened the app on their own phone, and s…

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Aug13

Blogs

Software Deployment Strategies for Enterprise Teams: A Scenario-Based Guide to Choosing the Right Approach

Choosing the right software deployment strategy depends on the scenario. Get a practical decision framework for enterprise teams.

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Oct27

Blogs

Patch Management is Essential for Securing DevOps

Zero-day exploits don’t wait for anyone and are one of the main reasons why the cybersecurity market will be worth a whopping $256 billion worldwide. In the current threat landscap…

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May22

Blogs

Datadog Expands Scope of Observability Ambitions

Datadog is expanding the scope of its DevOps portfolio following a pair of acquisitions that add feature flagging and data observability capabilities to its portfolio of services.

3 min

Apr30

Application Performance Management/Monitoring

LaunchDarkly Acquires Highlight to Bring Observability to Application Release Management

LaunchDarkly is looking to bring observability to feature flag management by acquiring Highlight, a provider of an open-source application monitoring tool.

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Apr23

Video Interviews

Feature Management’s Role in DevOps with Trevor Stuart

Trevor Stuart, general manager and senior vice president of Harness, explains how feature management is becoming a critical extension of DevOps workflows a year after the acquisiti…

3 min

Feb20

Harnessing Generative AI for Feature Management Testing

Generative AI is revolutionizing the way we create testing environments and feature management within DevOps workflows.

3 min

Nov27

Application Performance Management/Monitoring

LaunchDarkly Previews Generative AI Testing Tool for Feature Management

LaunchDarkly previewed an ability to leverage generative AI capabilities to create experiments for its feature management platform.

3 min

Sep13

Blogs

Unused Code: Proving a Negative

Don MacVittie says there’s a lot of unused code floating around out there – and that’s a big problem.

3 min

Mar08

Blogs

Raise Those (Feature) Flags

I’ve written about feature flags before, but I think it’s time for a solid bit of advice: “If you are not yet using feature flags for DevOps, it is past time to reconsider.” I say…

3 min

Feb25

Application Performance Management/Monitoring

How SREs Benefit From Feature Flags

When you think of who uses feature flags, your mind most likely goes to software developers. In general, feature flags are closely associated with software engineering. But site re…

3 min

Jan19

Blogs

The Life and Times of Feature Flags

A while back, I had the opportunity to look closely at DevSecOps tools (as the market currently defines them). There was a lot to like, and they are moving forward to a “Find all o…

3 min

Jul29

Blogs

5 Ways to Reduce DevOps Toil

Over the last several years, DevOps has become a bit of a buzzword. It has become simultaneously a practice, a culture, a team, a job title and a vendor product. You can hire some…

3 min

Oct07

Blogs

Maintaining Progressive Delivery Quality With Feature Flags

How does Netflix know exactly what you want to watch? How do social networks ensure major software updates are smoothly deployed across millions of users? The answer, in part, lies…

3 min

Dec18

Blogs

The Use of Feature Flags in Code: Too Many Flags?

It is interesting to watch the growth of an idea over time. The idea of using flags in code to do different things is as old as programming itself. Old-school configuration files u…

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Nov20

Blogs

5 Best Practices for Feature Flagging

Feature flags, also known as the feature toggles, are important concepts in the field of DevOps. They have been around for a long time and have been used continually by developers…

3 min

Jan07

Blogs

Feature Flagging Poised for Wider Adoption

Feature flags, also known as feature toggles, provide a means for DevOps teams to test and add new capabilities to their applications without having to take the entire application…

3 min

May23

Blogs

Feature Branching vs. Feature Flags: What’s the Right Tool for the Job?

A dev team’s branch management strategy can have a significant impact on the rate at which it can release high-quality software. In this article we’ll explore the pros and cons of…

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