André Silva
About
I'm a passionate software developer from Portugal, now based in Ireland, focused on building robust, reliable applications with .NET. I'm a strong advocate for open standards in feature management and a maintainer of OpenFeature, the CNCF's vendor-neutral open standard for feature flagging. As part of the OpenFeature community, I contribute to the .NET SDK, help shape its telemetry conventions, and work to make feature flagging more interoperable, observable, and accessible across the industry. I recently joined the CNCF Ambassador program, where I'm excited to support cloud-native communities, share practical engineering experience, and help more developers adopt open standards.
Sessions at .NET Conf 2026
12:30 下午 – 1:00 下午
星期四, 11月 12
12:30 下午 - 1 下午 PST
Silent Superpowers: Why Breaking Production Isn't Scary Anymore
André Silva
Imagine unleashing new features into the wild without the fear of breaking things... Enter the world of feature flags. Picture this: your team ships code to production seamlessly, yet the power to unveil new functionalities remains entirely in your hands. This dynamic decoupling lets you test features live, roll them out gradually, and gather real-world feedback, all while mitigating risks and accelerating confident releases. In the realm of applications, feature flag libraries weave effortlessly into your codebase, championing agile strategies like trunk-based development and dark launches. But why stop there? Step into the future with OpenFeature, an open-source, vendor-neutral standard that unifies feature flag management. With it, you wave goodbye to vendor lock-in and welcome streamlined experimentation across diverse environments. Harnessing OpenFeature and vendor-neutral feature flags unlocks: • Lightning-fast, risk-free deployments with hidden features until the perfect moment • Precision targeting for canary releases, A/B tests, and tailored user experiences • A harmonised, standardised approach to flag management across your tech ecosystem Embrace this cutting-edge methodology to revolutionise your release process: achieve agility without sacrificing stability, and turn every deployment into an opportunity to innovate with confidence. For this demo, I will be using Aspire with the flagd integration to showcase the potential of these two technologies together.
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