Talking with Platform Builders: Singapore GovTech

A Developer Platform for the Singapore Government

What role does GovTech play in the Singapore Government?

Your developer platform initiative started in 2016. Were you ahead of the trend?

So, you built a product for yourself first rather than ponder over what developers might need?

How did you decide to bootstrap your platform with a CI/CD product?

Back in 2018, the platform engineering buzz hadn’t much taken off. Where did you find guidance?

Today we would call that “reducing cognitive load”…

It sounds like you divided your platform into slices!

How different is building a developer platform for the public sector from a commercial one?

NECTAR, APEX, SHIP, and HATS started off as separate products. Does that make your platform a fruit basket?

When rolling out your platform, were some things harder than expected?

Could you share a bit about your pricing models?

Did your users build something that surprised you?

Are you planning to build additional platforms or expand the existing ones (following the cube)?

Do you have any final piece of advice for platform teams?