Show HN: We built an open-source LaunchDarkly alternative for B2Bs

Post by TrickyRick » Wed, Feb 08, 2023, 8:08 PM UTC

tofuahdude wrote: post #44

TrickyRick wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most companies are not in the business of building UIs for rule engines, A/B-testing, user segmentation, etc. The value of giving non-engineers the power to roll out features without code changes is worth quite a lot. (Where I work we recently went from a home-rolled feature flag system similar to what you described to using LaunchDarkly)

How is using LaunchDarkly home-rolling a feature flag system?

Post by trynewideas » Thu, Feb 09, 2023, 12:37 AM UTC

andruby wrote: post #24

heipei wrote: post #23

I know this is a peak HN comment, but I really fail to see the appeal of using a third-party solution for something so basic. In my applications, feature flags are simply controlled via a "tags" field per user and per team. Additionally, each subscription plan has a "tags" field attached to it that is merged with the user and team tags. The logic of how the application behaves in each case is something you have to wr…

Having had to implement custom billing logic and working in a startup that is still figuring out how to best price & bundle its product, I can see the value of this. I think this enables non-engineers to define pricing rules and the associated features. I wonder if this could integrate well with getlago.com (we're looking at integrating that after years which feel partially wasted on implementing custom billing logic…