This article explains feature toggles (also called feature flags), illustrating their use through a game‑engine refactoring story, detailing toggle types, dynamic routing, configuration strategies, implementation techniques, and best practices for managing toggles in modern software development.
This article shares seven practical insights gained from client performance testing and optimization in a mobile basketball game, covering long‑term performance planning, data‑driven decisions, feature toggles, build configurations, realistic testing, careful trade‑off evaluation, and the importance of team communication.
This article explains the differences between deployment and release, defines continuous deployment, and details various deployment and release strategies such as blue‑green, rolling, dark launch, canary, gray release, and A/B testing, including technical implementations like feature toggles, feature branches, and abstract branches, with real‑world examples from Facebook.
This article explores why and when to refactor legacy projects, outlines common pitfalls such as missing functionality and inadequate testing, and offers practical guidance on assessment, testing, branching, feature toggles, and A/B testing to ensure a successful rewrite.
