How to Reduce LaunchDarkly MAU: A Technical Guide

LaunchDarkly's MAU-based pricing means stale flags cost real money. Learn exactly how to audit, identify, and eliminate unnecessary flag evaluations to cut your bill.

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January 15, 202611 min read

Dead Code Detection: Your Codebase Has More Than You Think

Your codebase likely contains 10-30% dead code. Learn how to detect and remove it using static analysis, coverage tools, and AST parsing—including the hidden dead code behind feature flags.

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January 8, 202611 min read

The State of Feature Flag Debt: 2026 Industry Report

An industry analysis of feature flag debt trends in 2026, including adoption rates, cleanup practices, tooling landscape, and predictions for the future of flag management.

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December 4, 202515 min read

Feature Flag Lifecycle: Creation to Cleanup

A comprehensive framework for understanding the complete feature flag lifecycle, from initial creation through rollout, monitoring, deprecation, and final cleanup.

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October 9, 202511 min read

Feature Flags in Microservices: Why Cleanup Is 10x Harder

Feature flag cleanup in microservices architectures is exponentially more complex than in monoliths. Learn why distributed flags create unique challenges and how to solve them.

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September 4, 202512 min read

How to Get Your Team to Prioritize Flag Cleanup

Practical strategies for getting buy-in on feature flag cleanup from stakeholders, product managers, and fellow engineers. Templates and talking points included.

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August 28, 20259 min read

Feature Flag Debt: What CTOs Need to Know

A strategic overview for CTOs on how feature flag debt silently erodes engineering velocity, increases incident risk, and what executive-level actions can reverse the trend.

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August 14, 202511 min read

Feature Flag Debt in Mobile Apps: Swift & Kotlin

Why feature flag debt hits mobile apps harder than web services, and how to manage cleanup across Swift, Kotlin, and React Native codebases.

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June 18, 20253 min read

Feature Flag Hell: 5 Warning Signs of Trouble

Learn to recognize the early warning signs that feature flags are turning your codebase into an unmaintainable nightmare—and what to do before it's too late.

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