Simple GrowthBook setup
Hey, there are a few people using TempusGameIt ! Hurrah! But now that leads to the question of the logistics of how to deploy breaking changes to the API. We use feature flags extensively at my work (where we refer to them as Knobs on the server-side). I wanted to get the same functionality for my own project, but I definitely didn't want to write any code to do so. After a cursory amount of research I settled on GrowthBook . The main factors in the selection were: Open source The main features--feature flags and experimentation--weren't locked behind a subscription tier Self-hosting support The docs are okay on self-hosting, but I thought I'd write-up my super simple solution here. Note this is for a ultra basic deployment. I'm not using any of the file writing capabilities, email sending, or proxying. The infra: A small mongodb in Mongo Atlas A small ubuntu droplet in DigitalOcean A DNS A-type route in AWS's Route 53 The setup: Spin-up the ubuntu droplet