Make developers fly: Principles for platform engineering

Deutsch / English
If there are participants present who do not understand German, this lecture will be held in English, otherwise in German. / Falls Teilnehmer anwesend sind, die kein Deutsch verstehen, wird dieser Vortrag auf Englisch gehalten, sonst auf Deutsch.

How do we help our developers to fly, but not crash? The answer lies in platform engineering, a discipline that involves building internal developer platforms (IDPs) to simplify software delivery for product teams.

In this talk, you will learn how platform engineering evolved from the DevOps movement and how principles such as decentralisation, self-service and customisation are essential for successful implementation.

Finally, we will examine reference architectures that can support your platform, as well as the CNCF Platform Engineering Maturity Model, which helps you assess the next steps to take with regard to Investment, Adoption, Interfaces, Operations, and Measurement.

  • Practical experience in building internal developer platforms or DevOps.
  • Basics of infrastructure as code and product orientation.

Understanding the why and how of Internal Developer Platforms architecturally.
Understanding V-DUCTS Principles for Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms:

  • Versioned
  • Decentralized
  • User Centered
  • Customizable
  • Transparent
  • Self-Service


Alex Krause
Alex Krause
is software architect at QAware. He loves when cloud-native software engineering is paired with modern cloud platforms.

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