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by drichelson 2y ago
Author here. I'm paying more attention to GitHub than the comments here so please feel free to chime in there or ask any questions: https://github.com/dorklyorg/dorkly/discussions/40
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by drichelson 2y ago
Well GitHub has a pretty simple UI for editing files + submitting pull requests, so let's say it's a different UI.
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by drichelson 2y ago
The example files are put in place by Terraform, so they will get overwritten next time `terraform apply` is run. You can of course change the example flag files as you're kicking the tires or testing out your app, but to really use th
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by drichelson 2y ago
Congrats on your success! The generally accepted definition of Feature Flags/Toggles seems to be this one: https://martinfowler.com/articles/feature-toggles.html
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by drichelson 2y ago
It's worth noting that there is no architectural limitation preventing an HA topology: multiple Dorkly servers can be deployed behind one or more load balancers for HA + lower latency where it matters (ie web and mobile apps). If this
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by drichelson 2y ago
Fair point. I’m open to suggestions for a new name :)
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by drichelson 2y ago
Correct: the flags live in a separate repo.
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by drichelson 2y ago
The PR is optional, but governance often requires documented peer approval for all production changes. Flag changes can be pushed directly to the main branch with the correct repo permissions. When using the GitHub UI this involves just a l
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by drichelson 2y ago
I have mostly seen developers in charge of changing flags, but there is also great value in empowering other roles to change flags (One example: sales people can unlock features as they sell them). Thankfully GitHub has an easy web-based Pu
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Show HN: Dorkly – Open source feature flags(github.com)
203 points by drichelson 2y ago|101 comments
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by drichelson 10y ago
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by drichelson 10y ago
Feature Flags FTW!
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by drichelson 10y ago
Feature flags FTW!
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by drichelson 10y ago
Did you encounter any performance problems during the 'Early Canary Read' phase? this seems like a lot of DB action.
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by drichelson 10y ago
Great idea!