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We're at #SREday in London today.... Come and say hello! & catch Sébastien Blanc's session on how platform engineering and SREs are driving the evolution of developer self-service at 11am! Cillian Golden Grant Dienaar

My London-area friends, please join me in a week at the first Port IO #DevPortals meetup at the new Work.Life Borough office. Let's get real and real-life about #DevEx! #LondonMeetups

Many SREs advocate for increased developer self-service to avoid becoming a bottleneck and to free up time for deeper, more impactful work. But implementing effective self-service solutions—and establishing the right guardrails—can be challenging. This Thursday at SREday, our Developer Rel Engineer Sébastien Blanc will be exploring various approaches to enabling developer self-service - and examining the broader role of portals in the daily operations of SREs. Port IO will be there for Thursday and Friday - come and say hello!

Interested in platform engineering and improving developer experience? Join us in London for our first Developer Portals Meetup on Wednesday September 25th! Hear how platform engineers are using internal developer portals to enhance DevEx. 🕠 Agenda: 17:30 - 18:00: Welcome & Drinks 🍻 18:00 - 18:30: Understanding portal user needs: a practical approach with James D., Head of Platform Engineering, Xceptor 18:30 - 19:00: The future of developer portals – a panel about real-life portals with Jennifer Riggins, Maria Lepp (Port), and James D. 19:00 - 19:30: Internal developer portal walkthrough with Port IO Dev Rel Sébastien Blanc 📍Location: Port offices, near London Bridge Register here: https://lu.ma/gpww3scb

How do you build a platform engineering team poised for success? While there’s no single formula for achieving success, engineering leaders consistently highlight a few key elements that can lay a strong foundation for scalability and operational excellence. Port IO CEO and co-founder Zohar Einy shared his insights with Jenna Barron for a recent SD Times article - check out the full conversation via the link in the comments!

Today, at the Fast Flow Conf in London, our very own Maria Lepp spoke about Platform as a Product with Jennifer Riggins, Trainline's Karen Martin, Syntasso's Cat Morris and VELUX's Emma D. in a great panel discussion! Read more about how an internal developer portal is key to the success of Platform as a Product in our blog - link in the comments.

Today we launched Port Insights. Our newsletter explains what's inside, and why tracking engineering metrics in the portal is the right thing to do. Read inside for some great resources on Insights, working agreements, engineering standards in the portal and how to make it all actionable.

Measuring engineering performance is no mean feat. It’s no wonder that even the brightest brains in our industry are constantly striving to find the best way to do it. At Port IO, we believe no one size fits all - engineering leaders have unique needs. That's why we're launching Insights today. It allows you to leverage the data in Port to start tracking the metrics you care about - whether it’s DORA metrics or a variation of the SPACE framework. But it can do so much more! Drill down into developer productivity and track things like: 📊 Build duration 👐 PR open to close 💻 PR size  📉 Track your compliance with your organizational standards over time ✍ Check your developers’ onboarding time 💲 Track the cost of your dev environments You get the point! And the best part? You can use automations and self-service actions in the portal to immediately make the changes that drive better performance. Read more about it in our post - link in the comments.

Checkmarx's engineering team was drowning in tickets, it had 5 methods for spinning up environments, resulting in higher complexity and costs. By implementing an internal developer portal, the team saved hundreds of thousands of dollars on developer environments, giving developers autonomy and reducing complexity. Noam Brendel explained how the team was able to create an end-to-end experience with Port IO for developer environments, which looks like this: 🛠️Using a self-service action to create an environment 📊 Seeing all relevant information about the environment in the software catalog ⏳ Requesting an extension of the TTL using a self-service action 🤖 Using an automation to destroy the environment when the TTL expires 🗑️ Using a self-service action to delete any environment that is no longer required Read the full case study, here: https://hubs.la/Q02NgkWW0

🚀 Join Us in London for a Developer Portals Meetup on September 25th! 🚀 We're hosting a first London meetup about internal developer portals and what platform engineers do with them at Port's London office. The meetup will be focused on enhancing internal developer experiences. Whether you're into platform engineering or developer experience, this is a must-attend! 🕠 Agendas: 17:30 - 18:00: Welcome & Drinks 🍻 18:00 - 18:30: Understanding portal user needs: a practical approach with James D., Head of Platform Engineering, Xceptor 18:30 - 19:00: The future of developer portals – a panel about real-life portals with Jennifer Riggins, Maria Lepp (Port IO), and James Daniels 19:00 - 19:30: Internal developer portal walkthrough with Sébastien Blanc Come for the insights, stay for the networking! 📍Location: Port Offices, London