Ep6 - LaunchDarkly founder,  John Kodumal, on how to build with confidence

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Episode Summary: 

Why are tools that help teams build with confidence essential to a successful DevOps culture? On this episode of DevOps State of Mind I talk to CTO and co-founder of LaunchDarkly, John Kodumal! We discuss how he’s seen the market warm to the concept of feature management as DevOps crosses the chasm and his top tips for enterprises who are early in their DevOps adoption.

About: 

LaunchDarkly gives product delivery teams the safeguards to move fast without breaking things. We do this through feature flags. Square, AMC, Intuit, Adidas, NBC, and other top organizations rely on LaunchDarkly to deliver and control their software. They ship code continuously, release features to individual customers at times that work best for them, learn about system performance and user behavior through experimentation, forge partnerships between developers and business stakeholders, and provide value in increasing measure. In a software-centered world, control is one of your greatest assets. Feature management gives you that control, and LaunchDarkly gives you feature management in its highest form.

Chapters:

2:05 - LaunchDarkly Introduction

3:40 - What is feature management?

5:14 - Feature flagging <> Feature management

7:22 - Evolution of feature management

11:25 - While moving quickly and delivering value, don't forget about the operator!

14:30 - Thinking about DevSecOps externally

16:25 - Advice for early adopters of DevOps

18:20 - Multi-year migrations forced to accelerate

22:30 - The importance of building with confidence

Resources:

LaunchDarkly Website

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