Choose Your Own Deployment: Interactive Feature Flag Adventure

This conference talk from DevOpsDays NYC 2018 presents an interactive adventure where the audience drives the exploration of deployment paths, activation options, and feature flags in real-time. Join Heidi Waterhouse in this dynamic presentation where audience choices determine the direction of the talk, creating a unique learning experience about deployment strategies. Discover how feature flags can enhance CI/CD and rapid deployment models while making deployments both safer and faster incrementally. Learn practical approaches to reduce the risk of major changes, manage multiple deployment streams, and evaluate methods to accelerate deployment in various environments. The presentation covers essential topics including feature flags, scaled deployments, and kill switches, all delivered in a fun, engaging format that adapts based on audience participation.