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Jesse Sumrak

Jesse Sumrak is a Content Freelancer. A writing zealot by day and an ultramarathon runner by night (and early-early morning), you can usually find Jesse preparing for the apocalypse on a precipitous peak somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.

Stories by Jesse Sumrak

Feature Flags
May 30
Release management tools: What they are and how they work

Understanding the control layer between your CI/CD pipeline and your users.

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Jesse Sumrak

Feature Flags
May 30
Feature flags vs. feature branching: Why you need both for faster, safer releases

Learn where each fits into your delivery workflow.

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Jesse Sumrak

Feature Flags
Oct 08
The developer's guide to free feature flagging services

Feature flags let you deploy code safely, test in production, and roll back instantly.

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Jesse Sumrak

Experimentation
Jul 07
How to run experiments on high-traffic websites & apps

Running experiments on high-traffic websites creates a unique paradox.

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Risk mitigation
Jul 07
RTO vs RPO: Key differences for modern disaster recovery

Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) are fundamental metrics.

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Developer productivity
Jun 11
What is a product feedback loop (and how do I implement it)?

Software isn't finished when it ships. That’s just the beginning of product development.

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AI
Apr 02
9 AI deployment challenges LaunchDarkly helps mitigate

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AI
Mar 28
Prompt versioning & management guide for building AI features

Learn how prompt versioning can help you maintain consistency across your applications

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Jesse Sumrak

AI
Mar 26
AI model deployment: Best practices for production environments

A developer's guide to deploying ML models using LaunchDarkly AI Configs.

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Jesse Sumrak

Developer productivity
Dec 06
Release management checklist: Steps for avoiding downtime

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Jesse Sumrak

Industry Insights
Dec 06
The Ultimate Software Application Deployment Tools for 2025

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Jesse Sumrak

Developer productivity
Nov 02
6 Kubernetes deployment strategies (with sample code)

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Jesse Sumrak

Developer productivity
Nov 05
Release management guide: what it is & why it matters

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Jesse Sumrak

Best Practices
Oct 24
DORA Metrics: 4 Metrics to Measure Your DevOps Performance

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Jesse Sumrak

Developer productivity
Sep 12
Change failure rate: what it is & how to measure

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Jesse Sumrak

Developer productivity
Sep 11
Deployment Frequency: What It Is and How to Increase It

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Jesse Sumrak

Risk mitigation
Sep 11
Mean Time to Restore (MTTR): What It Is & How to Reduce It

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Jesse Sumrak

Progressive Delivery
Jul 12
CI/CD Showdown: Continuous Integration vs. Delivery vs. Deployment

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Jesse Sumrak

Developer productivity
Jul 09
Ultimate Guide to CI/CD Best Practices to Streamline DevOps

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Jesse Sumrak

Developer productivity
May 31
DevOps vs. CI/CD: Complete Guide to Better Software Delivery

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Jesse Sumrak

Developer productivity
Sep 28
Feature Toggle vs Feature Flag: Is There a Difference?

The evolution of feature toggles to feature flags and what it holds for the future of software development.

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