How to Measure Technical Debt: Metrics That Actually Work

Move beyond gut feeling. Learn concrete metrics for measuring technical debt---including flag age, flag density, cleanup velocity, and unused code percentage---and how to build a dashboard that makes debt visible.

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February 6, 202613 min read

SOC2 Compliance and Feature Flags: What Auditors Want to See

Preparing for SOC2? Feature flags intersect with change management, access control, and risk assessment. Here's what auditors look for and how to be ready.

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February 5, 202614 min read

Technical Debt Prioritization Framework

A practical framework for prioritizing technical debt based on business impact, engineering effort, and risk. Includes scoring rubrics, templates, and real-world examples.

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February 3, 202612 min read

New Developer Onboarding: How Stale Feature Flags Slow Down Your Team

Stale feature flags meaningfully slow new hire onboarding. Here's how flag debt creates confusion for new developers and what to do about it.

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January 31, 202612 min read

Feature Flag Security Risks: What Your Team Is Overlooking

Stale feature flags create hidden attack surfaces, accidental auth bypasses, and compliance gaps. The security risks most teams don't consider until it's too late.

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January 29, 202614 min read

The Developer Experience Cost of Technical Debt

How technical debt destroys developer experience, increases attrition, and slows hiring. Quantify the DX cost and build the case for debt reduction investment.

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January 27, 202616 min read

Feature Flag Governance: A Framework for Engineering Teams at Scale

A practical governance framework for feature flags: ownership policies, lifecycle rules, review processes, and retirement automation. Ready to adopt for teams of any size.

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January 26, 202615 min read

Feature Flag Naming Conventions That Make Cleanup Easy

Good flag names are self-documenting and make stale flags obvious. Here's a complete naming convention guide with templates your team can adopt today.

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January 22, 202610 min read

How Many Feature Flags Is Too Many? A Data-Driven Answer

Industry benchmarks show the average team has 50-200 flags, but most are never removed. Here's how to know when your flag count has crossed from healthy to harmful.

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