Hi HN,
I'm the creator of FFlags. I built this because I wanted a feature flagging system that gave me the performance and reliability of an enterprise-scale solution without the months of dev time or the vendor lock-in.
The core ideas are:
1. Feature Flags as Code: You define your flag logic in TypeScript. This lets you write complex rules, which felt more natural as a developer myself than using a complex UI for logic.
2. Open Standard: The platform is built on the OpenFeature standard (specifically the Remote Evaluation Protocol). The goal is to avoid vendor lock-in and the usual enterprise slop. You're not tied to my platform if you want to move.
3. Performance: It uses an edge network to serve the flags, which keeps the wall-time latency low (sub-25ms) for globally distributed applications.
I was trying to avoid the heavy cost and complexity of existing enterprise tools while still getting better performance than a simple self-hosted solution.
There's a generous free tier ($39 per million requests after that, with no flag/user limits). I'm looking for feedback on the developer experience, the "flags-as-code" approach, and any technical questions you might have.
Thanks for taking a look.
One of the key aspects of feature flag systems is enabling A/B analysis, measuring the impact of features on metrics like click-through rate, session duration, and revenue. This doesn’t seem to be mentioned in the highlights. Is the product targeting these kinds of insights?
Why does this need to be a dependency? In my view feature flags are core enough not to be outsourced to a third party. Although, there are companies using libraries for "isEven" so there might be a market for it.
Love the simple landing page! How big is the free tier? The pricing slider seems to show that you pay $39 for anything more than 0 requests.
Cool product and great landing page. This is quite off topic: how did you make the code animation in the Feature Flag as Code section? I reminded me of prezi.com (with their slide animations). Would love to know!
Great product glad its built on open standards!
Love that it is build on open standards, i hate vendor lockins. Will pitch this at my org with a POC :)
Great product! Actually a big point that I've seen in enterprises.
This product is probably not intended for me but at this stage I'm not even sure I know what a feature flag is any more.
I thought feature flags were just toggles so you could turn features on and off. I wouldn't know how to implement those as anything other than code. Or why you would need an external service.
What problem is this solving?