drichelson

Author here. I'm paying more attention to GitHub than the comments here so please feel free to chime in there or ask any questions: https://github.com/dorklyorg/dorkly/discussions/40

Well GitHub has a pretty simple UI for editing files + submitting pull requests, so let's say it's a different UI.

The example files are put in place by Terraform, so they will get overwritten next time `terraform apply` is run. You can of course change the example flag files as you're kicking the tires or testing out your app, but to really use the system you'll want to create new flags as documented here: https://github.com/dorklyorg/dorkly/wiki/3.-Common-Tasks#add... These new flags won't be managed by Terraform thus won't get reset to the default values.

This is good feedback. I'll clarify the comments

Congrats on your success! The generally accepted definition of Feature Flags/Toggles seems to be this one: https://martinfowler.com/articles/feature-toggles.html

It's worth noting that there is no architectural limitation preventing an HA topology: multiple Dorkly servers can be deployed behind one or more load balancers for HA + lower latency where it matters (ie web and mobile apps).

If this is a limitation for anyone I'm happy to work with you on modifying the terraform module to support HA.

Fair point. I’m open to suggestions for a new name :)

Correct: the flags live in a separate repo.

The PR is optional, but governance often requires documented peer approval for all production changes.

Flag changes can be pushed directly to the main branch with the correct repo permissions. When using the GitHub UI this involves just a little bit of typing and a few clicks.

might as well just change the code at that point

If changing the code, running tests, building, and deploying is quicker and less risky then yes that makes more sense.

I have mostly seen developers in charge of changing flags, but there is also great value in empowering other roles to change flags (One example: sales people can unlock features as they sell them).

Thankfully GitHub has an easy web-based Pull Request process. It's not as simple as a custom UI, but could be used by non-engineers to change flags.

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Feature Flags FTW!

Feature flags FTW!

Did you encounter any performance problems during the 'Early Canary Read' phase? this seems like a lot of DB action.

Great idea!