Scheduled Feature Releases: Ship at 3am Without Staying Awake

This was originally published on rollgate.io/blog/feature-flags-scheduled-releases . The 3am Deploy Problem Feature flags scheduled releases solve one of the most painful problems in software delivery: timed launches across time zones. Every developer has been there. The product launch is scheduled for Monday morning in Tokyo, which means Sunday night in Berlin and Sunday afternoon in San Francisco. Someone has to be online to press the button. The usual options: Someone stays awake. An engineer