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razkarcy | 1 year ago

> While documentation is often disliked, it is essential for configuration options, because [...] options are only added to a text file with a one-line comment at best.

This resonates. Feature Flags over time devolve into a lovely career of code archaeology.

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3vidence|1 year ago

Explaining old feature flags to colleagues is always a fun time.

Sit down and let me tell you the tale of "enable_disable_foo_bar_on_web_phone_but_not_model_x_unless_year_is_even"

aqueueaqueue|1 year ago

Old feature flag? Or UXO?

luismedel|1 year ago

And tribal knowledge about the rationale behind the need! (sometimes not needed anymore once the issue is fixed but somehow the FF survives)