05 — Glossary · Technology & Operations
Platform Engineering
GL-470 · also Internal Developer Platform, IDP
Building and running an internal platform of self-service tools, templates and managed infrastructure that lets product teams deliver software without each team solving the same plumbing problems.
The platform is a product for internal developers. Adoption, not mandate, is the usual test of whether it is working.
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