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A guide to building internal developer platforms (IDPs) with Kratix and Crossplane

For many years, my peers and I have been discussing the concept of building “golden paths” for developers. These golden paths lead the...

In this article, we’ll explore why GitOps would benefit from a complementary set of tools to support imperative workflows. From multi-environment promotion to provisioning non-Kubernetes resources, it’s time for a new era of platform orchestration.

Spotify’s story underscores a critical truth about platform engineering at scale: autonomy without alignment leads to fragmentation and toil. Their fleet-first journey shows that centralisation and automation, when done right, don’t limit developer freedom—they amplify it.

The internal developer platform (IDP) market is expanding, and more tools are emerging as complete solutions to your platform needs. It’s tempting to believe that selecting one of these tools off the shelf will instantly make your team more productive. This article explains why IDPs must be composable, allowing teams to design systems where parts can be added, replaced, or scaled to suit the organisation’s needs without rebuilding the entire platform.