The presentation discusses the use of feature flags in Kubernetes for experimentation and business value.
- Using feature flags as a mechanism for switching services to certain states simplifies blending features across a variety of services and enables changing inputs across services.
- Feature flagging allows for intentional experimentation to prove a hypothesis, rather than just testing infrastructure or code.
- Open Feature Operator is an example of how feature flags can be implemented in Kubernetes.
- Feature flagging can be used for conditional routing and proportional waiting.
- Centralized feature flag configuration can be used as an orchestra conductor for microservices.
- The presenter built an operator for feature flags as a real-world example.