Internal Developer Platforms in 2017: A Proto Platform Engineering Story

Explore a 15-minute conference talk from PlatformCon 2023 that delves into the creation of an early Internal Developer Platform (IDP) at a small startup in 2017. Learn how a single high-school engineer tackled the challenges of rapid scale and extreme team changes in a pre-Kubernetes environment through innovative platform engineering. Discover the motivations behind developing an IDP, the construction process, and the successful migration of all engineers to this platform while simultaneously expanding to a new cloud region monthly. Gain valuable insights from Johnny Dallas, Co-Founder & CEO of Zeet.co, as he shares this unique story of adapting to DevOps challenges with limited resources and unconventional solutions.