Lesson 1099 of 1596
Cleaning up dead feature flags with Claude in batches
Use Claude to find flags that have been on (or off) for 90 days and propose a removal PR.
Creators · AI-Assisted Coding · ~7 min read
The premise
Stale flags rot the codebase; a quarterly Claude pass turns the cleanup into a routine PR train.
What AI does well here
- List flags with their state, owner, and last-touched date
- Draft removal PRs that delete the dead branch
What AI cannot do
- Tell you which flag is secretly load-bearing for one customer
- Decide who must approve the removal
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Practice this safely
Use a small project example from your own work. The useful move is to compare the AI's draft against your goal, sources, and constraints before you trust it.
- 1Ask AI to explain feature flag debt in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "Cleaning up dead feature flags with Claude in batches" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check code cleanup against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
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