Platform as Code: Simplifying Developer Platform Design with Reference Architectures

Explore a 17-minute conference talk on simplifying developer platform design using reference architectures. Learn how to reduce cognitive and operational load on software developers, improving productivity and developer experience. Discover reference architectures for developer platforms on AWS, GCP, Azure, and OpenShift that enable organizations to set up an MVP of their developer platform in just one day. Understand how to separate application code from orchestration and operations concerns while maintaining the DevOps model. Gain insights into cloud-native reference architectures for Internal Developer Platforms that allow operations teams to define and manage workload deployment within specific guardrails while enabling developer freedom through abstraction and self-service. Learn how to remove stressors from product and platform teams, drive standardization, ensure security and compliance, and free up developers' time to focus on writing code that solves customer problems. Presented by Mike Gatto, Sr. DevOps Engineer, and Stephan Schneider, Digital Expert Associate Partner, both from McKinsey.

Platform as Code: Simplifying developer platform design with reference architectures