I’ve recently been involved1 in OpenFeature, an effort to define a standard API and SDK for feature flagging. At first glance, you might wonder whether feature flagging needs a standard. It’s just a function call and an if statement, right? Well, no, not really. I’ll explain why, and then talk about some of the benefits that I hope OpenFeature will bring to the space. The Feature Flagging iceberg When I talk to people about adopting feature flags, I often describe feature flag managemen...
