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Platform Engineering

The discipline of designing and building toolchains and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for software engineering organizations in the cloud-native era.

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Overview

Platform Engineering aims to improve the developer experience (DevEx) by providing a 'Golden Path' for developers. It involves building an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that abstracts away the complexity of infrastructure management.

Key Concepts

  • Internal Developer Platform (IDP): A self-service layer that allows developers to provision resources, deploy code, and monitor applications.
  • Golden Path: A set of recommended, supported, and automated workflows for common tasks.
  • Self-Service: Enabling developers to perform operations without waiting for operations teams.

Benefits

  • Reduced cognitive load for developers.
  • Faster time-to-market.
  • Improved security and compliance through standardized templates.