Feature Flags is a concept that helps to enable or disable a feature on an app. Example you would want to roll out a new button on app for a certain set of users,
A naive and simplified implementation would look like something below
So, main issue is that users of old version can use new feature, but they should not? On a desktop app? But why they sould not be able to do it in the first place?
I mean idea is good, but situation described in article looks like completely fictitious or incomplete…
Feature Flagsis a concept that helps to enable or disable a feature on an app. Example you would want to roll out a new button on app for a certain set of users, A naive and simplified implementation would look like something belowflags = server.getFlags() // Fetch/Compute feature flags if (flags.FeatureA == true) { // show button }Hm, I still not sure about this article lesson.
So, main issue is that users of old version can use new feature, but they should not? On a desktop app? But why they sould not be able to do it in the first place?
I mean idea is good, but situation described in article looks like completely fictitious or incomplete…