#325 John Kodumal - CTO and Co-Founder at LaunchDarkly

Today we are talking to John Kodumal, the CTO and Co-Founder at LaunchDarkly. And we discuss how to make use of their feature flagging systems to deploy code safely. The build vs. buy dilemma as it relates to internal tools, and lessons learned from going through hyper growth.

All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

To learn more about LaunchDarkly, check them out at LaunchDarkly.com

About John:

John Kodumal is CTO & Co-Founder of LaunchDarkly, the leading feature management platform.  John was a development manager at Atlassian, where he led engineering for the Atlassian Marketplace. Prior to that he was an architect at Coverity, where he worked on static and dynamic analysis algorithms. He has a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in programming languages and type systems, and a BS from Harvey Mudd College. He climbs rocks, ice, small boulders, and the occasional building.

About LaunchDarkly:

LaunchDarkly is a Feature Management Platform that serves over 100 billion feature flags daily to help software teams build better software, faster. Feature flagging is an industry best practice of wrapping a new or risky section of code or infrastructure change with a flag. Each flag can easily be turned off independent of code deployment (aka ”dark launching”). Our vision is to eliminate risk for developers and operations teams from the software development cycle. As companies transition to a world built on software, there is an increasing requirement to move quickly, balanced with the desire to maintain control. LaunchDarkly is the feature management platform to control the whole feature lifecycle from Concept → Launch → Value. LaunchDarkly has SDKs for all major web and mobile platforms. We are building a diverse team so that we can offer robust products and services. Our team culture is fast-paced, friendly, and supportive.