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 — Scaling Platform Teams

Covers organizational growth, multi-team collaboration, and platform ownership models as a platform org scales.

2 — Platform Governance

Covers platform standards, policies, compliance, and the decision frameworks that govern a platform at enterprise scale.

3 — Platform Maturity Models

Covers the crawl/walk/run maturity stages and continuous evolution of a platform engineering practice.

1 — The Evolution of Infrastructure Engineering

Traces infrastructure engineering from physical servers through virtualization, the rise of cloud computing, and infrastructure automation to the point where platform engineering became necessary.