Okay, so today I wanted to share a little experiment I did with something I’m calling “feature pools.” It all started when I was messing around with this feature flagging tool called LaunchDarkly. That thing is pretty neat, by the way. It lets you turn features on and off without redeploying your code. Super handy for testing stuff in production or doing gradual rollouts.
So, I’ve been using LaunchDarkly for a while, mostly for basic stuff like hiding unfinished features or doing A/B testing. But then I got this crazy idea: what if I could group related features together into these, like, “pools”?
Here’s What I Did
First, I went into LaunchDarkly and created a bunch of feature flags. I tried to think of features that kind of belonged together. For instance, I made flags for different parts of a new user profile page I was building – one for a fancy new photo uploader, one for a social media integration, and one for a “recently viewed” section.
Then came the “pool” part. I didn’t see any built-in way to do this in LaunchDarkly, so I just used a simple naming convention. I started each flag name in the group with “pool1_” so they’d be easy to spot. For example:
- pool1_new_photo_uploader
- pool1_social_media_links
- pool1_recently_viewed
I did the same thing for another set of features related to a shopping cart redesign, calling that group “pool2_”.
After setting up the flags, I went into my code. I use JavaScript, mostly. Wherever I had a feature that was part of a pool, I wrapped it with a LaunchDarkly evaluation. Pretty standard stuff. But here’s the kicker: I added a little extra logic to check if the entire “pool” was enabled before showing any of the individual features in that pool. This I did with some simple string matching for the “pool1_” prefix. It was a bit of a hack, but it worked!
Turning the “Pools” On and Off
Now for the fun part. I could go into LaunchDarkly and enable or disable an entire group of features just by flipping the right flags. It felt like having a master switch for different parts of my app. I started playing around with this, turning on “pool1” for my beta testers while keeping “pool2” off for everyone. I even got a little fancy and started turning pools on and off based on user attributes like their location or how long they’d been using the app.
Was It Worth It?
Honestly, it was a bit more work upfront, setting up all those flags and adding that extra logic. But it’s been pretty cool to have this level of control. It’s like having a bunch of pre-configured feature sets that I can enable or disable on the fly. I can see this being super useful for things like offering different feature packages to different pricing tiers or creating special experiences for specific events. It also helped me organize my features better mentally.
It’s not perfect, and I’m sure there are probably better ways to do this. I did notice that my LaunchDarkly dashboard got a little crowded with all those flags. But overall, it was a fun experiment, and I’m definitely going to keep playing around with this “feature pools” idea.
I was thinking maybe I could even extend it further. Maybe create a “master pool” that controls other pools! It’s like pools within pools. My head’s already spinning with the possibilities!
Anyway, that’s my little story about feature pools. Let me know if you’ve tried anything similar or if you have any ideas on how to make this even better!
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