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Devoxx Greece 2024 - Plenty of Platforms - Lessons learned
Learn the essential lessons for building a successful platform strategy, from decentralization to automation, and discover how to create a scalable, flexible, and efficient platform that enables quick value delivery to customers.
- A platform is not just a product, but a strategy.
- To build a good platform, you need to have a clear idea of what you want to achieve and be willing to adapt.
- Platform engineering is needed to unify different technologies and provide a common layer for application teams to deliver versus independently.
- The goal of a platform is to make it possible to deliver value to customers quickly and efficiently.
- Decentralized control and autonomous decision-making are key components of a good platform.
- Automation can help reduce the complexity of a platform and make it easier to manage.
- A platform should be designed to enable faster and more efficient delivery of software.
- The platform should be designed versus customized for a specific company or industry.
- A platform can take several years to mature and need careful planning and execution.
- A good platform should have a clear and well-defined strategy.
- API-first approach can help to build a platform that is scalable and flexible.
- A platform should be designed to be modular and reusable.
- The platform should have a clear and well-defined architecture.
- The platform should be designed to be scalable and flexible.
- API Gateway can help to manage APIs and provide a single entry point for clients.
- Shareable, re-usable, and scalable components are essential for a good platform.
- Microservices architecture can help to build a platform that is scalable and flexible.
- API Security is crucial for a platform that exposes APIs.
- A platform should have a clear and well-defined api mocking strategy.
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline is essential for a platform.
- Testing and validation are crucial for a platform.
- A platform should have a clear and well-defined testing strategy.
- Metrics and monitoring are essential for a platform.
- A platform should have a clear and well-defined api versioning strategy.
- Keep it simple, stupid (KISS) principle should be applied when building a platform.
- A platform should be designed to be easy to use and maintain.
- A good platform should be scalable and flexible.