Building the Perfect Platform in the Midst of Everything Else
Discover strategies for building an ideal platform amidst the challenges of a busy engineering department in this 18-minute conference talk from PlatformCon 2023. Gain insights from a small DevOps team's experience as they tackle the daunting task of creating their perfect platform while managing a high-paced environment with over 60 engineers. Learn how to carve out time for platform development, design an effective process, and implement a smooth, progressive transition strategy. Explore practical approaches to making time for crucial tasks, regaining control of your development environment, building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), and successfully transitioning developers to the new platform. Benefit from behind-the-scenes glimpses into real-world platform building challenges and solutions, presented by Mathieu Frenette, Director of DevOps at nesto.