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Everything about Platform engineering

Discipline in creating self-service workflows

Platform engineering is a software engineering discipline focused on the development of self-service toolchains, services, and processes to create an internal developer platform (IDP). The shared IDP can be utilized by software development teams, enabling them to innovate. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Platform engineeringA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Engineering Robust Ag‐Decorated Polydopamine Nano‐Photothermal Platforms to Combat Bacterial Infection and Prompt Wound HealingInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Offshore Semi-Submersible Platform EngineeringThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Toward a photosynthetic microbial platform for terpenoid engineeringCited 89 times
  5. Go sideways: Site reliability engineeringA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: DevOpsA closely related topic

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