This week I started to join a 5-week live course to sharpen my skills in platform engineering. It’s provided by Platform Engineering University and focuses on building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) using proven frameworks and tools. This isn’t a passive video course. It’s hands-on, with live sessions, homework, and real-world tasks. The goal is to learn how to design and build platforms that developers actually want to use.

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Figure 1: Internal Developer Platform (IDP) example

This course covers

  • Intro to platform engineering
  • How to build an Internal Developer Platform
  • Platform tooling 101
  • The art of building golden paths
  • Designing golden paths for developers
  • Finding the right abstraction(s)
  • Infrastructure platform engineering
  • How to build your Minimum Viable Platform (MVP)
  • How to sell your MVP to key stakeholders

There’s also a certification at the end, which helps show you understand the full scope of platform engineering, not just bits and pieces.

I am looking forward to applying what I learn to my work and future contracts. This course should help me design systems that scale and stay engineer and developer-friendly.

Tip: If you’re curious about the course or platform engineering in general, feel free to reach out. I am happy to share what I have learned.