[simplecomplex]

Ditto. One must already be using a database, so just add a table for features that you flip off and on.

How could that possibly be more work than integrating API calls to a third party service just to ascertain a few (mostly unchanging) values?

[masonicb00m]

When the major tech companies use a piece of infra, it’s likely they have a good reason. Here are some.

- not necessarily using/in control of db - audit log of who toggled which features and when - reporting on users exposed to each feature - A/B test support - toggle features without touching production database - ...