Engineering platforms and golden paths: Building better developer experiences

10/19/23 • 38 min

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The concept of the developer platform and the discipline of platform engineering have been important in shaping how the industry thinks about enabling developers. But what does it mean to actually build and maintain a platform? How can you ensure it actually supports the people that need it?

In this episode of the Technology Podcast, hosts Ken Mugrage and Rebecca Parsons are joined by Chris Ford of Thoughtworks Spain and Aidan Donnelly, Director of Technology Platform at Personio, to discuss the importance of engineering platforms in organizations today.

Read Aidan's writing on Medium: https://medium.com/@aidan.donnelly

Read Aidan's writing on Medium: https://medium.com/@aidan.donnelly

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