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You know the saying, “If we build it, they will come”? Well, it doesn’t hold up when building software today, and it definitely doesn’t work for internal platforms. You see, internal platforms are products. And like any product, they (should) have users. In this case, your users are your developers. That makes platform engineering a form of consumer software development, even if the consumer is inside your organisation.

Learn more about the platform engineering portals and pipelines antipatterns, and understand why platform orchestration is essential

By integrating Kratix with Backstage, you transform a portal into a fully managed platform. Learn about the latest updates

In my recent talk at KubeCon EU, I aimed to share insights into the connection between software architecture and platform architecture

In our first webinar of 2025, Daniel Bryant was joined by Abby Bangser and Jake Klein to explore the topic "Building Scalable Internal Devel

Software development should be seamless. The longer Developers have to wait, the less they create and this is why we need IDPs

Learn how to build scalable internal developer platforms (IDPs) with Syntasso Kratix Enterprise (SKE).

Platform engineering focuses on creating internal platforms that align with your organisation's needs.

As we close the chapter on 2024, it's time to reflect on Syntasso's progress this year in platform engineering and with Kratix.

In my recent talk at QCon San Francisco, I had the opportunity to share my thoughts on the evolution of platform engineering.

A summary of my talk, "Engineering Resilience into the Foundations: Key Strategies for Building Robust Internal Development Platforms."

Earlier in the month, I had the privilege of presenting two talks about platform orchestration at the JAX London event.

We often celebrate the individual platform engineering or DevOps hero or heroine who (purportedly) creates something ingenious alone, but...

A webinar summary of “The Future of Platforms: The Invisible Glue Between Backstage and Terraform” with Abby Bangser and Daniel Bryant

Our summary of Fast Flow Conf 2024! Topics covered: fast value delivery to customers, the need for APIs, continuous stewardship, and more!

Five lessons for building successful brownfield developer platforms -- and how to avoid my previous mistakes!

Colin Humphreys shares five key lessons for creating a successful platform-as-a-product from 20 years of working in platform engineering

The top five platform engineering books for 2024 include Platform Strategy, Team Topologies, Infrastructure as Code, SRE, and Accelerate.

A summary of our webinar, "Platform Engineering for Execs: Team Topologies, Tools, and Trade-offs"

Have you considered using "progressive disclosure" within your internal developer platform (IDP) to help manage cognitive load?