That is the one problem we’ve found with feature flags. It’s very easy to forget to gut the “old” parts when they are turned off. In many cases I’ve seen two or three year-old feature flags whose stale end still remains because the developer and / or team that did the branch never cleaned up. It isn’t usually malicious or lazy… it’s just how things would pan out.
Then we’d be nervous removing the old stuff cause who knows why it was left there and who knows if they’d want it back on again…
Then we’d be nervous removing the old stuff cause who knows why it was left there and who knows if they’d want it back on again…