In modern engineering organizations, DevOps is no longer about “running deployments” — it’s about empowering developers to build, deploy, and scale safely and independently.
Over the last few months, I’ve been refining a Platform Engineering playbook focused on one simple goal: 👉 Enable developers to self-serve infrastructure — securely, efficiently, and with full cost visibility.
Here’s what I’ve learned along the way:
💡 Golden paths beat golden rules — instead of more docs, create reusable templates that guide developers down the right path.
🧱 Guardrails, not gates — automate compliance and security checks via policy-as-code (OPA, Kyverno, Sentinel).
💰 FinOps from day one — right-sizing defaults, TTLs for ephemeral environments, and showback dashboards prevent surprise invoices later.
⚙️ Platform = Product — maintain a roadmap, collect feedback, track adoption, and measure value (DORA, SLOs, cost savings).
When done right, this shift reduces lead time by 60%, infra tickets by 70%, and cloud spend by up to 25%. But most importantly — it gives developers freedom without sacrificing control.
🔥 I’d love to hear from others in the DevOps / Platform / FinOps world: How are you approaching developer self-service and cost governance in your organization?
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