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The Platform Engineers' Cookbook
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Platform engineering is transforming how organizations manage infrastructure by creating standardized "golden paths" that enable developers to self-service their infrastructure needs through a single API.
• Platform engineering emerged as organizations outgrew traditional DevOps approaches
• Kubernetes serves as a universal and extensible cloud-native API, not just a container orchestrator
• Crossplane acts as middleware between developers and cloud providers, enforcing security and governance
• Using the restaurant analogy: developers order from a menu (API) while platform engineers handle the kitchen (infrastructure)
• Compositions in Crossplane are like recipes that combine infrastructure ingredients
• Standardization is crucial for successful platform engineering implementations
• The API-first approach is essential for building scalable internal developer platforms
• Larger organizations with hundreds of engineers benefit most from platform engineering investments
Check out our website to learn more about BBD Cool and how our platform engineering services can help your organization create efficient, standardized infrastructure that empowers your developers.
Chapters
1. Introduction to Platform Engineering (00:00:00)
2. Kubernetes as a Universal API (00:01:39)
3. Crossplane and Developer Empowerment (00:05:59)
4. The Restaurant Analogy (00:10:17)
5. Pitfalls and Challenges (00:12:57)
6. Final Tips and Takeaways (00:17:38)
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