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Divine Odazie

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The Founder of EverythingDevOps, Divine Odazie, is a Developer Relations Professional and Technical Writer with over 8+ years of experience in Technology and a track record in Backend Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Native, and Developer Relations on a global scale. He has given talks/workshops at developer conferences like Open Source Summit Europe, KubeCon North America, Cloud Native Rejekts, and Ansible Contributor Summit.

He also supports the cloud native community in Africa as a KCD (Kubernetes Community Days) Organizer, and other communities empowering Africa with Technology.

Posts (7)

Dec 4, 2025 ∙ 6 min

Do Startups Need Platform Engineering?

Platform engineering is maturing quickly, but every conversation focuses on enterprises with hundreds of developers. Startups that consider platform engineering often struggle to know where to begin, and others dismiss the idea entirely. The goal of this article is not to tell you that you need platform engineering as a startup, but to help you checkmate if you do, and prepare you for the journey ahead.

Nov 26, 2025 ∙ 7 min

Securing the Golden Paths of Your Platform

As more teams embrace platform engineering, golden paths have become the go-to approach for streamlining developer workflows. Fundamentally, it solves the “how can/should I do this?” problem for developers in engineering teams. The goal is to set up a complete development environment, with the networking, integration, security, governance, compliance, and deployment aspects of the software delivery pipeline —

Oct 15, 2025 ∙ 5 min

Cost Optimisation Strategies for Platform Engineering Teams

Platform engineering promises to accelerate delivery and reduce complexity, but if not approached deliberately, it can quickly become a cost sink. This article examines the hidden costs in platform engineering and explores cost-optimisation strategies to maintain a lean approach without compromising innovation.