Crafting Platforms: The Art of Building Platforms

This book is about the artisanal craft of building platforms that adapt to each organization's unique DNA. Modern Platform Engineering teams provide developers with a platform tailored to their needs. When we talk about a platform, managed as just another product, we refer to a set of services, tools, modules, templates, and best practices that facilitate the development, deployment, and operation of applications.

Drawing from years of hands-on experience designing and building platforms, the author shares fundamental concepts and proven patterns for creating secure, robust, scalable, and multi-tenant platforms in this book. The book's approach is practical, offering solutions you can implement immediately in your organization.

Who Is This For?

Platform engineers, DevOps professionals, and technical leaders who are building (or considering building) an internal platform for their development teams. Regardless of whether your organization is a rapidly growing startup or a large enterprise modernizing its infrastructure, the fundamental principles will be the same.

This is not a book for beginners in cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes), but you don't need to be an expert either. The main concepts are explained throughout the book, though it's not an exhaustive guide to every specific technology.

Platform Craftmanship

Every organization has unique DNA that demands tailored solutions. This book teaches you to build internal platforms that evolve and adapt to the needs of development teams, not the other way around. Think platform craftsmanship, not platform manufacturing.

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Complete source code examples available in the GitHub repository: github.com/craftingplatforms/book-code

In the creation of this book, I've used artificial intelligence (AI) tools for specific editing tasks (English is not my first language), such as grammar review, syntax correction and rewording colloquialisms. I've never used it for generating full sections or chapters, nor for any images (except for the artwork of the book covers). All technical content is the result of my personal and professional experience in the field of platform engineering.