Roy Braam is a director at OpenValue and Code Nomads - Amsterdam. He loves Java, DevOps, Architecture, and everything that comes with developing good solutions. Besides developing, as an architect, he loves software architecture and solving 'the bigger' puzzles in a faster way.
In recent years, large organizations have adopted Internal Developer Portals (IDPs) to balance governance and autonomy. Despite their promise, many platforms prioritize compliance over usability. This talk explores enhancing platform engineering through principles like product mindset, user experience, and key metrics, while questioning the optimal granularity of services in the “Golden Path.”
Inspired by Dan North’s “Joyful Software”, during this talk the concept of “Joyful Engineering” and the CUPID principles are proposed to transform service building approaches. By focusing on self-containment, idempotency and single purpose, organizations can improve service acceptance and foster collaboration.
Key takeaways include:
- Understanding why IDPs aren’t a magic solution for developer experience.
- Finding the balance between autonomy and governance.
- Adoption of Cupid Principles (Composable, Unix Philosophy, Predictable, Idiomatic, Domain-based) to Platform Engineering.
- Leveraging the “Everything as Code” mindset with Agentic AI to shape the future of developer experience.
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