O'Reilly Infrastructure & Ops Superstream: Platform Engineering for Developers, Architects & the Rest of Us

Join Daniel Bryant to explore the core goals of platform engineering for the software developer and architect communities. Understand “what good looks like” with a successful platform build and how a platform (and AI agents) can influence the SDLC, for better or worse!

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1. Platform Engineering for Developers, Architects, And the Rest of Us (the AI Edition! 🤖) Daniel Bryant Developer, Platform Engineer, and Product Marketer
2. tl;dr • AI increases the demand for platforms • Platform architecture is as important as software architecture • Think three layers: app, platform (capabilities), infra • Measure platform impact: time to provision, upgrade, and offer • Build platforms to maximise flow
3. linktr.ee/danielbryantuk @danielbryantuk
4. Previously, at…
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUpYEhaUJnM From Kubernetes to PaaS to… err, what’s next?
6. Code Ship Run 🤖🤖🤖 Giving AI direct access to tooling accelerates (existing) issues
7. AI increases the demand for platforms because it accelerates software creation faster than organizations can safely operationalize it. h/t Andy Burgin
8. The “what” of platforms 🏗
9. Platforms, platforms, platforms…
10. “Platform engineering improves developer experience and productivity by providing self-service capabilities with automated infrastructure operations . It is trending because of its promise to optimise the developer experience and accelerate product teams’ delivery of customer value.” https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/what-is-platform-engineering Gartner: What is platform engineering?
11. What is a platform, anyway? “A digital platform is a foundation of self-service APIs, tools, services, knowledge and support which are arranged as a compelling internal product. Autonomous delivery teams can make use of the platform to deliver product features at a higher pace, with reduced coordination.” Evan Bottcher martinfowler.com/articles/talk-about-platforms.html
12. What is a platform, anyway? “A digital platform is a foundation of self-service APIs, tools, services, knowledge and support which are arranged as a compelling internal product . Autonomous delivery teams can make use of the platform to deliver product features at a higher pace, with reduced coordination.” Evan Bottcher martinfowler.com/articles/talk-about-platforms.html
13. What is a platform, anyway? “A digital platform is a foundation of self-service APIs, tools, services, knowledge and support which are arranged as a compelling internal product . Autonomous delivery teams can make use of the platform to deliver product features at a higher pace, with reduced coordination .” Evan Bottcher martinfowler.com/articles/talk-about-platforms.html (🤖🤝🤖)
14. The “why” of platforms 🏗
15. • Go faster: Platform teams need to provide “everything as a service” to help rapidly and sustainably deliver value to end-users • Decrease risk: Teams need to automate manual processes in reusable components • Increase efficiency: You need to manage and scale your digital platform and resources as a fleet What are the goals of your platform?
16. The platinum (platform) metrics Time to get (provision) an instance of a platform capability Time to (controlled) upgrade all instances of a platform capability Time to design, create and offer a new platform capability
17. Platform architecture 🏢
18. syntasso.io/post/platform-engineering-orchestrating-applications-platforms-and-infrastructure
19. syntasso.io/post/platform-engineering-orchestrating-applications-platforms-and-infrastructure 🤖🤝🤖 🤖🤝󰠁󰞵 󰠁󰞵
20. This three tier thing could catch on…
21. This three tier thing could catch on…
22. syntasso.io/post/platform-engineering-orchestrating-applications-platforms-and-infrastructure Each team must own their flow of value Here is the “platform as a product” Embracing AI without PaaP accelerates issues
23. AI increases the demand for platforms because it accelerates software creation faster than organizations can safely operationalize it.
24. Operationalization 🤖🤖🤝󰠁󰞵
25. Team Topologies teamtopologies.com/key-concepts
27. Wrapping up 🎉
28. Conclusion • AI increases the demand for platforms • Platform architecture is as important as software architecture • Think three layers: app, platform (capabilities), infra • Measure platform impact: time to provision, upgrade, and offering • Build platforms to maximise flow of value
29. @danielbryantuk | daniel@syntasso.io docs.kratix.io/main/quick-start speakerdeck.com/syntasso Thank you! Kratix docs