What is the primary goal of the Platform Engineering skill?

The skill aims to help teams build Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) that provide self-service capabilities, reducing the infrastructure burden on developers and accelerating time-to-market.

Can I use this to migrate from traditional DevOps to a Platform model?

Absolutely. The skill includes maturity models and decision frameworks to help organizations restructure teams and adopt platform-as-product thinking.

How does this skill help with Developer Experience (DevEx)?

It focuses on reducing cognitive load by creating 'golden paths'—standardized, pre-approved templates that handle infrastructure, CI/CD, and security automatically.

Does this skill support specific tools like Backstage or Argo CD?

Yes, it provides implementation patterns for major platform tools including Backstage, Port, Crossplane, Argo CD, and various Infrastructure as Code (IaC) providers.

Platform Engineering & IDP Design

Name: Platform Engineering & IDP Design
Author: ancoleman

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Deployment & DevOps

Architects and implements Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) to enhance developer experience through self-service infrastructure and standardized golden paths.

About

The Platform Engineering skill empowers developers to transition from traditional DevOps to a platform-as-product model, focusing on reducing cognitive load and accelerating delivery. It provides expert guidance on designing IDP architectures using tools like Backstage and Port, orchestrating infrastructure with Crossplane, and implementing GitOps workflows with Argo CD. By establishing opinionated 'golden paths' and measuring success through DORA and SPACE frameworks, this skill helps organizations build scalable, self-service environments that treat internal developers as first-class customers.

Key Features

158 GitHub stars
Self-service infrastructure orchestration with Crossplane and Terraform
GitOps implementation and deployment automation patterns
Developer Experience (DevEx) optimization and metric tracking
Internal Developer Platform (IDP) architecture design
Golden path template creation for standardized service bootstrapping

Use Cases

Building a centralized developer portal with Backstage or Port
Standardizing microservice deployments through opinionated software templates
Implementing self-service infrastructure to eliminate ticket-based provisioning

About

Key Features

158 GitHub stars
Self-service infrastructure orchestration with Crossplane and Terraform
GitOps implementation and deployment automation patterns
Developer Experience (DevEx) optimization and metric tracking
Internal Developer Platform (IDP) architecture design
Golden path template creation for standardized service bootstrapping

Use Cases

Building a centralized developer portal with Backstage or Port
Standardizing microservice deployments through opinionated software templates
Implementing self-service infrastructure to eliminate ticket-based provisioning