1 — What Are Golden Paths?

Defines golden paths as opinionated, standardized workflows, and is honest about their benefits and their limitations.

Internal Developer Platforms

A book-shaped table of contents for Internal Developer Platforms: IDP fundamentals, architecture, self-service, golden paths, software catalogs, Backstage, templates, platform APIs and automation, developer experience, governance, operations, success metrics, anti-patterns, enterprise scale, and MAANG interview preparation — cross-linking existing platform-engineering-fundamentals/sre/observability notes instead of duplicating them.

Platform Engineering Fundamentals

A book-shaped table of contents for platform engineering fundamentals: evolution and organizational foundations, platform-as-a-product thinking, core principles (self-service, golden paths, automation, APIs), design principles, the platform lifecycle, DORA/SPACE metrics, anti-patterns, enterprise governance, and MAANG interview prep — cross-linking existing sre/patterns/observability/projects notes instead of duplicating them.

1 — Self-Service Platforms

Why self-service matters, what developer independence looks like in practice, and how service provisioning and self-service workflows get designed.

3 — Internal Developer Platforms (Introduction)

Introduces what an Internal Developer Platform is, its core components, the capabilities it exposes, and who its consumers are.

4 — APIs Everywhere

Covers API-first platform design across platform APIs, infrastructure APIs, and service APIs.

5 — Automation First

Covers eliminating manual operations through infrastructure automation, workflow automation, and event-driven automation.