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by quaunaut 686 days ago
Config/settings management are often paired with things that require at the very least an app reboot, where Feature Flags are explicitly something that should be capable of changing at will.

Now, could you have real-time config management that doesn't require a re-deploy/reboot of the app? Sure, but the typical 12-factor app can't really avail itself of that without significant rework.