Platform engineering

Aug 26, 2026

Platform Engineering for Developers, Architects & the Rest of Us • Daniel Bryant • GOTO 2025

Daniel Bryant discusses platform engineering for software developers and architects, emphasizing treating platforms as internal products with developers as customers. He outlines a three-layered architecture, the evolution from monolithic systems to microservices, and the importance of 'golden bricks' over 'golden paths' for composability. Key takeaways include API-first design, minimizing cognitive load, avoiding leaky abstractions, and measuring success through frameworks like DORA and DevEx to achieve speed, safety, and scale.

Jul 02, 2026

The Platform Engineer’s Handbook • Ajay Chankramath & Kaspar von Grünberg • GOTO 2026

This conversation with Ajay Chankramath, author of 'The Platform Engineer’s Handbook,' delves into why practical, code-first guidance is essential for building Internal Developer Platforms. He argues that developer adoption failures stem from a "product discipline gap," not a technology one, emphasizing developer experience as a first-class outcome. The discussion covers the book's arc from foundations to enterprise-grade features and its focus on 100% open-source, vendor-agnostic tooling. Crucially, it highlights how agentic AI raises the stakes for platform engineering, requiring new IDP layers for agent context, memory, and guardrails, asserting that these must be built, owned, and operated internally for safe and productive AI adoption.

Jun 29, 2026

Platforms: Build Abstractions, not Illusions • Gregor Hohpe • GOTO 2025

Gregor Hohpe explains the critical role of platforms in managing the growing cognitive load on developers due to complex distributed systems. He contrasts platforms, driven by "economies of speed" and fostering innovation through diversity, with traditional IT services and oversimplified abstractions that create dangerous illusions. Hohpe emphasizes building platforms that provide intuitive, domain-specific abstractions to solve real business problems, rather than just repackaging existing cloud services.

Jun 15, 2026

Cloud, Containers & Security • Adrian Mouat, Kief Morris & Sam Newman • GOTO 2025

In this panel discussion, experts Adrian Mouat, Kief Morris, and Sam Newman delve into the current landscape of cloud technology, container security, and infrastructure automation. They cover key topics such as supply chain security with Sigstore and SBOMs, the practical impact of AI on deterministic systems, the ongoing debate about cloud repatriation, and advanced Infrastructure as Code practices like TDD and managing configuration drift.

Jun 02, 2026

GitHub’s Agent Era: 14x Commits, 200M Developers, Copilot’s Next Act — Kyle Daigle

GitHub COO Kyle Daigle discusses the new era of AI agents from the inside. He covers how he uses AI for leadership, the shift from "mega-skills" to "micro-skills," and how GitHub is navigating a 14x growth in commits. The conversation goes deep on the evolution of Copilot, the future of PRs in an agent-driven world, the challenges of scaling, and Microsoft's vision for an ambient AI operating system.

Apr 28, 2026

Building & Running a Serverless Platform: Beyond Infrastructure • Shilpa Nagavara • GOTO 2025

Explore the lifecycle of building and operating a robust serverless platform, treating it as a product for internal and external consumers. This talk covers the crucial phases of ideation, construction (using the AWS Well-Architected Framework), and operation, emphasizing a consumer-centric mindset, operational excellence, and strategies for long-term success.