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The Platform Engineer's Handbook: Build secure, developer-focused platforms that streamline modern software delivery
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Expected 9 Sep 26Deliver developer-friendly infrastructure with automation, AI acceleration, and real-world platform patterns all built from scratch on your laptop
Key FeaturesHands-on guide to designing, deploying, and evolving engineering platforms with real-world patternsFocus on developer experience, enabling self-service, scalability, and AI augmentation from day oneBuilt for practitioners offering step-by-step, practical knowledge for shaping modern deliveryPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionThe Platform Engineer’s Handbook equips senior engineers and DevOps professionals to deliver developer-friendly infrastructure with automation, speed, AI acceleration, and intelligence. Starting with a blank slate, you’ll build a complete, modern platform that runs locally on your laptop, learning real-world patterns as you go.
In this handbook, you’ll follow a structured, progressive journey, beginning with source control governance and branching strategies, then deploying a Kubernetes-based runtime, embedding observability, and securing platform access. You’ll implement self-service onboarding, CI/CD as a service, and developer portals with Backstage. Later chapters introduce infrastructure blueprints, policy as code, FinOps observability, and AI-augmented platform services such as agent-based onboarding and copilots for pipeline creation.
Each chapter combines core concepts, lab-based exercises, and production-ready best practices to provide a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. By the end, you'll have a working MVP platform and the skills to adapt and scale it for your team or organization.
What you will learnBuild a scalable, developer-focused engineering platform MVPEnable self-service onboarding and app deploymentCreate golden paths with reusable CI/CD workflowsScaffold new projects with portal-based starter kitsAutomate secure access with OAuth and RBACPublish services to a centralized developer portalDeliver platform features with AI-augmented toolingScale platform services without disrupting usersWho this book is forThis book is intended for intermediate to senior software engineers and DevOps professionals with prior experience in cloud-native software development patterns and practices who are interested in learning how to build secure, scalable engineering platforms to accelerate software delivery and the why behind it.
Table of ContentsPlatform Laying the GroundworkScalable Platform Runtime with Kubernetes and Service MeshSecuring Platform AccessEmbedding ObservabilityEvaluate the User ExperienceAccelerating Deploying and Curating Your First Developer PortalSelf-Service Platform OnboardingCI/CD as a Platform ServiceSelf-Service Infrastructure ManagementPublishing Starter KitsValidating Compliance with Policy-as-CodeOptimize Cost, Performance, and ScalabilityResilience AutomationAgentic and AI-Augmented Platforms
Key FeaturesHands-on guide to designing, deploying, and evolving engineering platforms with real-world patternsFocus on developer experience, enabling self-service, scalability, and AI augmentation from day oneBuilt for practitioners offering step-by-step, practical knowledge for shaping modern deliveryPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionThe Platform Engineer’s Handbook equips senior engineers and DevOps professionals to deliver developer-friendly infrastructure with automation, speed, AI acceleration, and intelligence. Starting with a blank slate, you’ll build a complete, modern platform that runs locally on your laptop, learning real-world patterns as you go.
In this handbook, you’ll follow a structured, progressive journey, beginning with source control governance and branching strategies, then deploying a Kubernetes-based runtime, embedding observability, and securing platform access. You’ll implement self-service onboarding, CI/CD as a service, and developer portals with Backstage. Later chapters introduce infrastructure blueprints, policy as code, FinOps observability, and AI-augmented platform services such as agent-based onboarding and copilots for pipeline creation.
Each chapter combines core concepts, lab-based exercises, and production-ready best practices to provide a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. By the end, you'll have a working MVP platform and the skills to adapt and scale it for your team or organization.
What you will learnBuild a scalable, developer-focused engineering platform MVPEnable self-service onboarding and app deploymentCreate golden paths with reusable CI/CD workflowsScaffold new projects with portal-based starter kitsAutomate secure access with OAuth and RBACPublish services to a centralized developer portalDeliver platform features with AI-augmented toolingScale platform services without disrupting usersWho this book is forThis book is intended for intermediate to senior software engineers and DevOps professionals with prior experience in cloud-native software development patterns and practices who are interested in learning how to build secure, scalable engineering platforms to accelerate software delivery and the why behind it.
Table of ContentsPlatform Laying the GroundworkScalable Platform Runtime with Kubernetes and Service MeshSecuring Platform AccessEmbedding ObservabilityEvaluate the User ExperienceAccelerating Deploying and Curating Your First Developer PortalSelf-Service Platform OnboardingCI/CD as a Platform ServiceSelf-Service Infrastructure ManagementPublishing Starter KitsValidating Compliance with Policy-as-CodeOptimize Cost, Performance, and ScalabilityResilience AutomationAgentic and AI-Augmented Platforms
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