System Design · Reddit · Medium
A feature flag system gives engineers the ability to toggle features on or off inside production services without rolling out new deployments. It comprises an SDK library that lives within every service, plus a backend paired with a web UI that controls the flag configurations. Through the UI, engineers set targeting rules—such as showing a feature only to certain users, countries, or a fraction of requests—and the SDK evaluates those rules locally each time a service…
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