Discussion with Chris Stephenson, Chief Technology Officer of Humanitec, about Internal Developer Platforms, why they matter, and how companies are building them to increase developer velocity!

humanitec.com/
platformcon.com/talks
platformengineering.org/

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:45 - Chris' background
01:23 - What are IDPs?
04:10 - The range of things that IDPs encompass
06:09 - When do/should companies start building them?
09:52 - Key elements of Internal Developer Platforms
14:10 - Industry benchmarking
16:43 - Importance of fast deployments
18:35 - IDPs within organizations of different sizes
22:30 - Goal setting and planning
23:26 - Why is Kubernetes useful for building IDPs?
26:25 - PlatformCon
29:10 - What is Humanitec?
33:25 - How are policies/resource definitions authored?
35:14 - Structuring IDPs
37:00 - Customers and industries
40:08 - Where to learn more?

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