App Ops Desk · Issue #36
Feature flags as ship safety, not tech debt theater
Flags are not a substitute for testing. They are a fuse you can pull when production disagrees with your desk.
One action this week: Name one risky feature in the next release and define: default off/on, owner, kill condition, cleanup date.
Rules that keep flags useful
- Default safe if remote config fails
- One owner per flag
- Kill condition written before ship
- Cleanup ticket or expiry date
Failure modes
- Flags that default open when offline
- Permanent flags that became architecture
- No way to know which flag combination a user has
Bottom line
A flag without a kill condition is just unfinished product decisions.
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