Feature Flags in Node.js: Express and Fastify Guide

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The guide shows how Node.js teams can separate deployment from release with feature flags.
A dedicated SDK offers more flexibility than environment variables for user targeting, gradual rollout, and kill switches.
It demonstrates how to add flag checks to Express and Fastify so feature exposure can be controlled per request.
It also covers streaming flag state in real time with Server-Sent Events.

