Spotify this week added additional plugins for its open source Backstage platform that is used to build developer portals. The new plugins make it simpler to address role-based access and […]
Loosely Couple Your Schema and Keep Data Separate
In software development, one of the primary goals is to write clean, maintainable and extensible code. To achieve this, developers often strive to design systems that are loosely coupled and […]
Platform Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail
Developer platforms and the platform teams that create them have been the center of attention for quite some time now. There have been many (wildly different) opinions about the subject, […]
How Platform Engineering Makes Software Sustainable
The world is constantly becoming more and more aware of the importance of sustainability in every aspect of our daily lives from buying groceries to traveling, and the IT world […]
Strategies To Consider When Adopting Platform Engineering
Platform engineering helps centralize the responsibilities associated with maintaining internal infrastructure. And it continues to be an emerging discipline—according to the 2023 State of DevOps Report, 51% of organizations have […]
Platforming the Developer Experience
This article is part three of three on the boom in platform engineering and its role in supporting a streamlined, positive developer experience. In a perfect world, the developer experience […]
flox Unveils More Accessible Instance of Nix Framework
This week, flox launched a more opinionated implementation of the open source Nix framework that programmatically automates package management and system configuration. Fresh from raising an additional $16.5 million in […]
Platform Engineering: Creating a Paved Path to Reduce Developer Toil
This article is part one of a series of three on the boom in platform engineering and its role in reducing cognitive load and creating a better developer experience. Developer […]
Where Does Observability Stand Today, and Where is it Going Next?
As we move into the second half of 2023, it’s only natural to engage in the annual ‘state of the industry’ reviews and take a general inventory of the past […]
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal […]
