FeatureOps: The Safety Net You Need When Shipping with AI

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Egil Osthus discusses the importance of FeatureOps in managing AI-generated code and the shift from a project to a product mindset in software delivery.

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Host: Henry Suryawirawan

Guest: Egil Osthus

Topics covered

• FeatureOps
• AI in software development
• software delivery
• project mindset vs product mindset
• feature flags
• gradual rollout
• full stack experimentation

Keywords

• FeatureOps
• AI
• software delivery
• feature flags
• gradual rollout
• surgical rollback
• lifecycle management

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Organizations: Unleash

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