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Platform Engineers

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At PlatformEngineers.io, we bring to you a specialized service by Improwised Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Our mission is to empower your organization with efficient and effective cloud infrastructure management solutions. At PlatformEngineers.io, we understand the challenges organizations face when it comes to harnessing the full potential of the cloud. Our team of seasoned professionals is committed to providing practical and tailored cloud solutions, without unnecessary complexity or fluff. Our mission is to free up developers from platform intricacies, so they can focus on crafting exceptional applications. We may help you overcome below challenges: - Reducing Cloud Infrastructure Cost - Seamless Cloud Platform Migration - Streamlined CI/CD Implementation - Effortless Application Containerisation - Performance and Request Time Optimization - Uptime Improvement - Infrastructure and Deployment Monitoring These services are designed to meet your unique needs and enable you to make the most of cloud technologies.

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https://platformengineers.io/
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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11-50 employees
Headquarters
India
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Founded
2011
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Platform Engineering, Internal Development Platforms, Cloud native applications, software development, DevOps, and Platform Engineers

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  • Secure & Streamlined Kubernetes Access with Teleport! New Blog Alert! Struggling to manage access to your Kubernetes clusters? Teleport offers a robust solution to simplify and secure access, while ensuring compliance! Here's what you'll learn: Challenges of native Kubernetes RBAC How Teleport streamlines access management Benefits of using Teleport for Kubernetes security Take control of your Kubernetes security today! ➡️ #kubernetes #security #devops #cloud #teleport #accessmanagement #RBAC #cluster #node #pod https://lnkd.in/d2xVi_cR

    From Complexity to Control: Using Teleport for Simplified Kubernetes Access Management | Platform Engineers

    From Complexity to Control: Using Teleport for Simplified Kubernetes Access Management | Platform Engineers

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  • 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭! 🚀 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑭𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒕 𝑼𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝑹𝑷𝑪 🚀 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐭? 🔧 Flipt is an open-source, self-hosted feature flag application built with Go and utilizing gRPC for high-performance communication. It allows you to run experiments across services in your environment, ensuring fast and secure feature management. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐠𝐑𝐏𝐂? 💡  gRPC provides improved performance, simplified error handling, and enhanced security—making it ideal for microservices architecture. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 1. 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Learn how to set up Flipt and integrate it with your Golang application using gRPC. 2. 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Discover how to reduce server load with client-side evaluations. 3. 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: Explore A/B testing, canary releases, and how to leverage feature flags for smoother rollouts. 4. Flipt also supports OpenFeature, providing a standardized approach for feature flag management. This integration aligns with cloud-native and DevOps practices, making it a powerful tool for modern software development. 🔗 Check out the full blog for detailed steps and code snippets: https://lnkd.in/dXUREJz3 #FeatureFlags #Golang #gRPC #Flipt #SoftwareDevelopment #opensource #platformengineers

    Implementing Feature Flags with Flipt Using Golang and gRPC | Platform Engineers

    Implementing Feature Flags with Flipt Using Golang and gRPC | Platform Engineers

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  • At PlatformCON 24, Praneet Singh, Senior Product Manager at Intuit offered a comprehensive overview of their Developer Experience (DevEx) initiative, focusing on the evolution of Intuit's internal developer portal and the innovative strategies they've employed to enhance developer productivity. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 📌 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 🌐 - The internal developer portal at Intuit is designed to streamline development tasks, enabling developers to focus on core business logic rather than operational complexities. - The portal supports various personas, including developers, designers, product managers, and contributors, fostering a collaborative environment. 📌 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 🛠️ - The portal offers end-to-end workflows from discovery and setup to management and monitoring, ensuring a seamless experience throughout the software development lifecycle. - Features include documentation management, role-based access control, lifecycle management, and API exploration. 📌 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 (𝐈𝐀) 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐦p 🧩 - To address challenges of discoverability, customization, and scalability, Intuit revamped its IA, categorizing users into creators, consumers, and contributors. - This approach has made the portal more intuitive, flexible, and personalized, enhancing user engagement and efficiency. 📌 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 💡 - The portal now features a personalized homepage, a new discovery space for consumption, and a structured contribution space, making it easier for users to navigate and utilize the platform. - Curation cards and easy arrangement tools further personalize the user experience, making it more relevant and user-friendly. 📌 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 📊 - Intuit tracks metrics such as average time spent, search efficiency, and call-to-action engagement to evaluate the impact of the IA revamp. - These metrics help ensure the portal continues to meet user needs effectively and drive continuous improvement. 📌 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 📚 - Set up governance early to streamline contributions. Prioritize user needs by balancing the quality and quantity of features. - Focus on user delights to enhance satisfaction and engagement. - Praneet’s talk highlighted the importance of a well-structured, user-centric developer portal in fostering a productive and innovative development environment.  - Intuit's journey serves as an inspiring example of how thoughtful design and strategic improvements can drive significant benefits. #developerportal #platformengineers #platformengineering #platformcon24

  • 🌟 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 🌟 At PlatformCON 2024, Andrew Fong, the CEO of Prodvana, provided an insightful look into deployment lessons learned during hypergrowth and the evolution of intent-based deployments. 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐠: Andrew has held leadership positions at various organizations, including Vise, Dropbox, and YouTube, and has seen three distinct eras of the internet. Currently, he leads Prodvana, a platform company dedicated to empowering platform engineers to be force multipliers. 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 📌 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 🧑💻 Andrew's journey began with a focus on improving the software development lifecycle for interns, highlighting the need for better cloud-era practices to prevent burnout and turnover. 📌 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 🚀 - Working at Dropbox and YouTube, Andrew experienced firsthand the challenges of scaling from millions to billions of users. - Key lessons include the importance of infrastructure as code and  abstracting infrastructure. 📌 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 ☁️ In cloud operations, dealing with multi-cloud setups and complex toolchains is a significant challenge. Andrew emphasized the need for a unified approach to manage these complexities effectively. 📌 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 🔄 Moving from traditional pipelines to intent-based delivery systems can significantly improve deployment efficiency and adaptability. Declarative infrastructure, coupled with convergence engines, allows for more flexible and scalable deployments. 📌 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 📋 A modern deployment system should separate infrastructure, service definitions, and delivery rules into distinct components, enabling better management and scalability. 📌 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 ⚙️ In the cloud-native era, change is constant. Systems must be designed to adapt to real-time changes, incorporating feedback and handling dependencies dynamically. 📌 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 🔧 Abstracting infrastructure is crucial for reducing complexity and enabling platform engineers to focus on higher-level tasks. 📌 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰'𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: - Inputs are collected across three areas: infrastructure, business rules, and service configurations. - These inputs are compiled into desired states, which are then mapped to the appropriate backend (Kubernetes, ECS, Terraform, etc.). - This architecture simplifies the deployment process and enhances scalability. #platformengineers #platformengineering #platformcon24

  • ✨ 20 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔' 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈, 10 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔' 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕, 5 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 ✨ At PlatformCON 24, Colin Humphreys, CEO at Syntasso and creator of Kratix, has broken everything that can be broken on multiple occasions regarding platform engineering. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚: 📌 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭: 🎯 Building platforms isn’t just about engineering; it's about understanding and iterating based on user needs. Shift from a project to a product mindset, focusing on continuous innovation and adaptation. 📌 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🔎 Identify common needs across teams and avoid duplicating efforts. Create composable and decomposable abstractions to enhance productivity while respecting individual team preferences. 📌 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦: 🌍 Involve all stakeholders to streamline processes and reduce deployment cycles. Enable various teams to contribute to the platform, ensuring it meets compliance and governance requirements seamlessly. 📌 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝; 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱: 🏗 Embrace the complexity of legacy systems and diverse infrastructures. Focus on creating clear, consistent APIs that work across both new and existing resources. 📌 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲, 𝐃𝐚𝐲 2000 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝: 📆 Maintaining and securing platforms over time is challenging. Standardize and manage your resources as services to ensure they remain compliant, secure, and up-to-date. #platformengineers #platformengineering #platformcon24

  • 🌍 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑻𝒐𝒇𝒖: 𝑨 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑬𝒓𝒂 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒅𝒆 🌍 At PlatformCON 24, Soren Martius discussed Open Tofu, an exciting open-source alternative to Terraform. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥: 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦: 1. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡: Open Tofu is governed by the Linux Foundation, ensuring vendor neutrality and community input, contrasting with Terraform’s recent license changes. 2. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: It offers seamless migration and backward compatibility with Terraform, supporting all providers, plugins, and modules. 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦'𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞: The shift in Terraform's license from MPL to Business Source License created uncertainties and restrictions within the open-source community. Open Tofu, under the Linux Foundation, addresses these concerns by fostering a truly open and collaborative environment. 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞: As Open Tofu gains traction, it introduces healthy competition in the infrastructure as a code landscape. Companies like GitLab transitioning to Open Tofu signal a growing adoption trend, driven by factors such as licensing transparency and community-driven development. 🚀 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: - The community's embrace of tools like Open Tofu highlights the growing importance of open-source governance and community-driven development. - Sören Martius' insights underscore the potential for innovation and collaboration within the infrastructure as code space under the Linux Foundation umbrella. #InfrastructureAsCode #OpenSource #OpenTofu #TechInnovation #LinuxFoundation #platformengineers #platformengineering

    Navigating the Future of Terraform and OpenTofu - Sören Martius | PlatformCon 2024

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  • I completely second with the "Platform as a Product" concept! Check out an interesting talk about the journey of scaling an internal platform globally. #platformengineering #platformasaproduct #platformengineers

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    🌟 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑵 𝒊𝒏 60 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔: 𝑨 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 🌟 At PlatformCON 24, Tom Clement Oketch shared the journey of building an internal engineering platform that enables teams to deploy their applications globally. The platform, built for a client, allows teams to go from onboarding to production release within under an hour and supports almost 100 development teams and hundreds of developers. 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 📌 The client, Parts Unlimited, had a robust internal engineering platform that streamlined the development process, enabling teams to go from commit to production deployment in under an hour. 📌 The platform needed to be scaled globally to cater to the client's rapid growth and expansion into new regions. 📌 The team built a tool called Sop Pipe, which is open-source and freely available, to define available regions and development environments. 📌 The platform enables teams to choose from a predefined set of globally available regions and target their applications using Helm. 📌 The team had to build a global routing layer using AWS Global Accelerator and set up ISU multi-cluster to coordinate traffic management, routing, and observability across multiple clusters in different regions. 📌 They developed custom Kubernetes operators to abstract away accidental complexity and ensure the platform retained its composable nature. 📌 The team focused on differentiating work and avoided spending cycles on commodity work, instead leveraging cloud providers' solutions where possible. 📌 The platform's success was attributed to maintaining a platform-as-a-product mindset, ensuring self-serviceability, focusing on user experience, and providing consistent interfaces and documentation. 📌 The team considered three key attributes to ensure the platform's success: abstracting away accidental complexity, maintaining composability, and focusing on differentiating work. 📌 The platform currently supports almost 100 development teams and hundreds of developers, facilitating around 4,000 deployments a month. #platformengineers #platformengineering #platformasaproduct

  • 🌟 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑵 𝒊𝒏 60 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔: 𝑨 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 🌟 At PlatformCON 24, Tom Clement Oketch shared the journey of building an internal engineering platform that enables teams to deploy their applications globally. The platform, built for a client, allows teams to go from onboarding to production release within under an hour and supports almost 100 development teams and hundreds of developers. 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 📌 The client, Parts Unlimited, had a robust internal engineering platform that streamlined the development process, enabling teams to go from commit to production deployment in under an hour. 📌 The platform needed to be scaled globally to cater to the client's rapid growth and expansion into new regions. 📌 The team built a tool called Sop Pipe, which is open-source and freely available, to define available regions and development environments. 📌 The platform enables teams to choose from a predefined set of globally available regions and target their applications using Helm. 📌 The team had to build a global routing layer using AWS Global Accelerator and set up ISU multi-cluster to coordinate traffic management, routing, and observability across multiple clusters in different regions. 📌 They developed custom Kubernetes operators to abstract away accidental complexity and ensure the platform retained its composable nature. 📌 The team focused on differentiating work and avoided spending cycles on commodity work, instead leveraging cloud providers' solutions where possible. 📌 The platform's success was attributed to maintaining a platform-as-a-product mindset, ensuring self-serviceability, focusing on user experience, and providing consistent interfaces and documentation. 📌 The team considered three key attributes to ensure the platform's success: abstracting away accidental complexity, maintaining composability, and focusing on differentiating work. 📌 The platform currently supports almost 100 development teams and hundreds of developers, facilitating around 4,000 deployments a month. #platformengineers #platformengineering #platformasaproduct

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