Infrastructure Platform Engineering

A book-shaped table of contents for infrastructure platform engineering: from infrastructure operations to self-service platforms, IaC foundations, Terraform/OpenTofu, cloud platform design, networking, identity, compute, storage, golden images, automation, governance, observability, reliability, enterprise platforms, anti-patterns, and MAANG interview prep — cross-linking existing sre/networks/kubernetes/patterns/internal-developer-platforms notes instead of duplicating them.

1 — Virtual Machines

Covers VM-based compute as a platform offering — provisioning, images, scaling, and lifecycle management.

2 — Containers

Covers container compute offerings — managed Kubernetes, container platforms, and serverless containers as platform building blocks.

4 — Platform Service Offerings

Designs the platform's compute catalog — standardized runtime offerings and selection guidance for consumers.

1 — From Infrastructure Operations to Infrastructure Platforms

Traces how infrastructure management evolved from ticket-driven operations into a product built by a platform team for internal infrastructure consumers.