Feature Flagging at Databricks

In late January, I published a post1 (archive) on the Databricks engineering blog about “SAFE”, the feature flagging and experimentation platform I’ve been working on for the past few years. SAFE is what I’ve been spending most of my time on during my time at Databricks, and it’s been rewarding to see the project grow from an initial prototype to a mature internal platform. I’ve been the tech lead for SAFE for a while now, and the project has scaled significantly in headcount, scope, and usag...