Name: Type-safe Feature Flagging in OpenFeature: Lessons Learned From Using Feature Flags at Google - Michael Beemer, Dynatrace & Florin-Mihai Anghel, Google
Start: 2025-04-04T11:45:00+0100
End: 2025-04-04T12:15:00+0100

In-person
1-4 April 2025
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Friday April 4, 2025 11:45 - 12:15 BST

Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

Feature flags are a great way to release software faster while minimizing deployment risks. They allow for controlled releases of new or complex features. However, a common issue with most feature flag SDKs in use today is that they rely on hardcoded strings to identify feature flags, leaving code vulnerable to typos or references to stale flags. This can lead to a mismatch between flags used in code and flags configured in your flag management system, resulting in unexpected application behavior.

In this talk, we will discuss a solution to this challenge using OpenFeature, a vendor-agnostic, community-driven API for feature flagging. Inspired by lessons learned at Google, we've designed the OpenFeature CLI to seamlessly integrate into your development workflow. We'll demonstrate how strongly typed feature flag accessors, created with the CLI, can be used to overcome these issues while also significantly improving the developer experience.

Speakers

Michael Beemer

Senior Product Manager, Dynatrace

Michael co-founded the OpenFeature project, helping to bring standardization to the feature flagging community. He is a Senior Product Manager at Dynatrace with years of experience in the observability space working as a Consultant, DevOps Engineer, Software Developer, and Product... Read More →

Florin-Mihai Anghel

Software Engineer, Google

Software Engineer with a passion for everything that connects people and can improve the world.

Friday April 4, 2025 11:45 - 12:15 BST
Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H

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Michael Beemer

Florin-Mihai Anghel

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