Building an Internal Developer Platform: Where to Start
Every platform team eventually asks: should we build an Internal Developer Platform? The answer is probably yes. The question is how. I’ve seen platforms that cost millions and never got adopted. I’ve also seen scrappy internal tools that transformed developer productivity overnight. The difference isn’t budget or technology — it’s approach. What Is an Internal Developer Platform? An Internal Developer Platform (IDP) is a self-service layer that abstracts infrastructure complexity from developers. Instead of writing Kubernetes YAML, developers describe what they need. The platform handles how. ...