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by jt2190 1005 days ago
I just item 1 (“Enable run-time control. Control flags dynamically, not using config files”) and it’s almost exclusively focused on what to do but not on why to do it.

It seems to be skipping past the use-cases and assumptions, in particular, describing what a system with feature flags looks and acts like, what the benefits and drawbacks are.

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Yeah, because it’s describing how a product works, being passed off as knowledge.
> It seems to be skipping past the use-cases and assumptions

This is a great feedback. Our intention was to describe how such a system work at scale, but I see we could do better in this section, thanks!

Do you have some use-cases in mind?