Platform Engineering untold truths: is just an infrastructure matter?

Is your platform just infrastructure? Learn why a modern platform must be a marketplace for your entire tech landscape, from APIs to data models.

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Platform engineering is more than just infrastructure

The common perception of platform engineering as solely an infrastructure or DevOps concern creates barriers and misses its broader potential for modern organizations.

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Understanding a platform as a shared digital space

A platform is a common digital place where teams share rationalized tools, standards, and services to create value consistently across an organization.

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Exploring the core components of an internal developer platform

An internal developer platform consists of interfaces, a control plane, and components that abstract infrastructure and DevOps tools for self-service use by developers.

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Moving beyond infrastructure to a marketplace-centric approach

Organizations evolve from using platforms for infrastructure and developer experience to creating a marketplace for reusable assets like APIs and data.

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Expanding the platform vision with composability and data

A modern platform must incorporate application composability and data management tools like data catalogs to support the full digital product lifecycle.

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Building a circular economy for reusable platform assets

Implementing a circular economy model encourages teams to create, share, discover, and compose assets, fostering continuous value creation within the platform.

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How an e-commerce platform fosters asset reuse

An example shows how content, payment, and data teams build upon each other's shared services through a central marketplace, accelerating development.

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Using AI for a conversational developer experience

Integrating AI into the platform creates a conversational interface that understands context, simplifies troubleshooting, and guides developers through best practices.

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Key takeaways for building a modern digital platform

Successful platform engineering requires an integrated, context-aware approach that extends beyond infrastructure and leverages AI to enhance the developer experience.