What's inside the platform engineering book?
Building modern software isn't getting easier. Between distributed systems, microservices, and the ever-expanding tool kit of cloud-native tech, developer workflows are becoming increasingly complicated.
This guide explores platform engineering as apractical solution to replace fragmented toolchains and manual processes, showing how internal developer platforms (IDPs) can help your teams move faster, reduce complexity, and ship with confidence.
Whether you’re still figuring out what platform engineering means for your organization or already deep into the build-vs-buy debate, this guide has something for you.

White Paper content:
- A brief history of the cloud-native landscape and its current state: What's not working and how platform engineering emerged as a response.
- Where to start with platform engineering: How to approach internal development platforms strategically, from stakeholder buy-in to first steps.
- What a good internal developer platform looks like: A breakdown of key components, team roles, and design principles behind effective IDPs.
- When to build vs. buy: How to evaluate your options (and avoid common traps).
- How to embrace developer-first thinking: How platform engineering improves DevEx and creates real business value.