Dorra Bartaguiz at DDD Europe 2025
summary
Reports systematic use of a feature flag for every user story, recounts client projects where flags are added by habit rather than necessity, and shows that asking “why” repeatedly yields the response we have always done this way. The core claim is that accumulated flags reflect unclear requirements and create maintenance and risk rather than value, with anecdotes from real projects used as evidence and a promise to make listeners reconsider need is not clear.
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