Your platform is a product – act like it! Internal developer platforms, platform engineering, and developer experience

About this episode

This episode discusses treating internal developer platforms as customer-facing products and explores various aspects of platform engineering and developer experience.

Send us Fan Mail Internal developer platforms are no longer just technical tooling. In this episode, Pinja and Stefan explore why your internal developer platform should be treated like a customer-facing product. They discuss user-centric platform design, adoption and shadow platforms, lifecycle management, roadmapping, and continuous improvement. From developer experience and security to cost visibility and business alignment, this episode breaks down what it really means to build and run a...

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Hosts: Pinja, Stefan

Topics covered

• internal developer platforms
• platform engineering
• developer experience
• user-centric design
• lifecycle management
• continuous improvement

Keywords

• internal developer platform
• platform engineering
• developer experience
• user-centric design
• lifecycle management
• continuous improvement
• shadow platforms
• cost visibility
• business alignment

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Organizations: Eficode

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