Egil Østhus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/egilconr/

Video of Egil talking about Unleash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVBXxFZGVfc

Go here to get started with Unleash: https://www.getunleash.io

Four Pillars

Excerpt from FeatureOps whitepaper

and FeatureOps introduction

There are four pillars of FeatureOps:

  1. Continuous Release
    Decouple deployment from release. Ship code anytime, but expose features gradually. This reduces the risk of “big bang” launches and lets teams move faster without fear.
  2. Full-Stack Experimentation
    Don’t just test frontend changes. Measure the full impact of a release on performance, costs, stability, and business metrics. Make every feature rollout a chance to learn.
  3. Precision Rollback
    When something breaks, don’t redeploy—just turn it off. Feature-level kill switches let teams respond in seconds, not hours.
  4. Secure Feature Governance
    Runtime control requires guardrails. Role-based access, audit logs, and approval flows keep teams moving fast and staying compliant.

Other Resources:

Short introduction on feature flags: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/FeatureFlag.html

It’s also important to understand how to use a Keystone Interface: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/KeystoneInterface.html

And dark launching a feature: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/DarkLaunching.html

Longer article: https://martinfowler.com/articles/feature-toggles.html

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