Feature Flags Need a Removal Plan
A temporary feature flag is very good at becoming a permanent piece of the application.
Engineering notes from the sharp end
Practical writing about software, systems, delivery, and things that behave strangely under pressure.
wade womersley – york based software engineer I write the way I work: direct, useful, and more interested in what holds up in production than what sounds clever on a slide.
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A test that repeats the implementation can pass while proving very little.
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My favourite sort of Halloween decoration is the one that has wandered slightly away from being scary.
Programming
“Run it at six” is incomplete information for a scheduled job.
Programming
Replacing app.js and hoping every cache forgets the old version is a fairly unpleasant deployment strategy.
Programming
A database migration can work perfectly on your development machine and still make a production deployment awkward.
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Putting the washing away could use a boss-battle soundtrack.
Programming
Pagination looks simple until the underlying list changes between requests.
Hardware
I like being able to plug the same-shaped cable into more devices.
Software
Passkeys can make signing in feel pleasantly uneventful.