Feature Flags: The Good and the Bad

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Post by dushan01 » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 11:01 AM UTC

Feature Flags: The Good and the Bad
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Re: Feature Flags: The Good and the Bad

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Post by pards » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 11:39 AM UTC

> Thank god your phone or your car has no feature flags

Umm ... yes they do. Just ask anyone that owns a Tesla - many Tesla features can be remotely enabled and disabled via software updates based on your subscription.

Also, why have you disabled copy/paste on your site?

Re: Feature Flags: The Good and the Bad

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Post by dushan01 » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 11:51 AM UTC

pards wrote: post #2

> Thank god your phone or your car has no feature flags Umm ... yes they do. Just ask anyone that owns a Tesla - many Tesla features can be remotely enabled and disabled via software updates based on your subscription. Also, why have you disabled copy/paste on your site?

Yes, you're right, but that also comes from the Software. Car as a hardware device has no features on its own.

Re: Feature Flags: The Good and the Bad

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Post by ianceicys » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 12:42 PM UTC

dushan01 wrote: post #3

pards wrote: post #2

> Thank god your phone or your car has no feature flags Umm ... yes they do. Just ask anyone that owns a Tesla - many Tesla features can be remotely enabled and disabled via software updates based on your subscription. Also, why have you disabled copy/paste on your site?

Yes, you're right, but that also comes from the Software. Car as a hardware device has no features on its own.

Physical cars have electrical fuses that are flags that can be turned on or off. Example, disable motor for opening windows, or disable ABS braking in ice, etc etc. Flags have valid purposes even in hardware.