Developer Platform Consoles Should Be Dumb - Building Better UIs

Explore better ways to build developer platform consoles in this 28-minute conference talk by Viktor Farcic at PlatformCon LDN. Learn why many developer platform consoles are getting it wrong and how to create more effective UIs. Discover the importance of relying on APIs for UI functionality, avoiding unnecessary complexity, and implementing a "dumb UI" approach. Gain insights into decades of UI design principles and understand why bypassing APIs or using internal APIs can lead to suboptimal results. Delve into strategies for creating developer portals that are more efficient, user-friendly, and aligned with best practices in platform engineering.