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Derek Comartin

Feature Flags are more than just Toggles

Feature Flags are just conditional statements but can be much more powerful. Use them so you can integrate features before they are ready to be used in production. But they have a lot more utility than just being simple toggles. Here are different ways of thinking and using feature flags. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Configuration In it’s simplest form, we’re really just talking about configuration. We could have some deployment process where it’s simply a matter of having a static file that’s… Read More »Feature Flags are more than just Toggles

Serverless Sucks?

Serverless sucks… or does it? There is a neverending supply of people saying that serverless is trash and has no value. The issue often with these statements is they need to provide more context. As always, context is king, and understanding the use case to make decisions on when serverless might be appropriate. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Hot Takes Nothing kills me more than hot takes. Why? Because they generally contain little information other than something good or bad. They don’t include… Read More »Serverless Sucks?

Build better HTTP APIs

Many of the business systems we build are for managing life cycles and workflows. It provides ways to make the state transition from beginning to end. One of the challenges when building systems is that they evolve, and you can start leaking business logic to the frontend or clients where you end up with duplicate logic littered all over the place. Here’s a way to solve that issue so you can build better HTTP APIs. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. State Machine For… Read More »Build better HTTP APIs