Demystifying Platform Engineering with Open Source Software

Explore the concept of platform engineering and its role in modern software development in this 34-minute conference talk. Learn about the purpose of platforms in providing consistent, standardized mechanisms for building, securing, and deploying applications. Discover common Kubernetes-based platform architectures and gain insights from real-world experiences in the healthcare and finance industries. Witness a live demonstration on building a secure platform using exclusively open source software. Gain a deeper understanding of the trade-offs between developer freedom and platform opinionation, and how open source tools can simplify and accelerate the development of internal developer platforms.

Demystifying Platform Engineering with OSS - Gedd Johnson, Defense Unicorns