Elevating Developer Experience and Productivity with Platform Engineering by Shinya Yanagihara

Platform engineering focuses on supporting application development and improving developer experience through automation, abstractions, and self-service capabilities

The ABCDE framework for platform engineering consists of:

• Alignment (team and organizational)
• Building Blocks (reusable components)
• Culture (developer-first mindset)
• Delivery (CI/CD, environments)
• Experience (developer satisfaction)

Platform teams must treat their platform as a product:

• Developers are the customers
• Need marketing and advocacy
• Require continuous feedback cycles
• Focus on developer happiness metrics
• Provide self-service capabilities

Security delivery in platform engineering has three key aspects:

• Shift left practices
• Secure by design principles
• Implementation of guardrails

Developer cognitive load must be reduced through:

• Golden paths/templates
• Infrastructure abstraction
• Automated development environments
• Clear documentation and examples

Inner source practices help platform adoption by:

• Enabling code/knowledge sharing
• Increasing transparency
• Fostering collaboration
• Building trust between teams

Success metrics should focus on:

• Developer satisfaction
• Development frequency
• Lead time for changes
• Time to restore services
• Change failure rates