Unleash with Egil and Ivar sthus

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 10 a.m.

Eric Anderson (@ericmander) is joined by Egil (@EgilCo) and Ivar \xd8sthus (@ivarconr), brothers and co-creators of the open-source feature management platform, Unleash. It\u2019s a real family business, with Egil acting as CEO and Ivar the CTO of the company. Over beers and burgers, the two decided to bring their strengths together for a feature toggle tool that transforms DevOps and continuous deployment pipelines.

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In this episode we discuss:

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  • Ivar as a pioneer in the trunk-based development space
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  • Word of mouth and old colleagues bringing Unleash to new companies
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  • Assessing a contributor\u2019s personality and mindset
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  • Resolving a deadlock scenario on a feature launch day without impacting customers
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  • Why feature flagging is fundamental to true DevOps
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