Talking Nerdy with Technically Speaking

Heidi Waterhouse, Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly, discussed feature flags and their use in the software development industry during an interview with the Technically Speaking podcast at the Agile Midwest conference. Feature flags allow developers to decouple deployment from code activation, reducing risks associated with continuous deployment. Companies like Microsoft and GoPro use feature flags for dark launching, internal testing, and as kill switches. LaunchDarkly provides feature flags as a service, enabling companies to manage their features effectively.