Platform Engineering Monthly — February 2025
Welcome to the fifteenth edition of Platform Engineering Monthly! Suggestions or ideas for the next edition? Let me know!
📰 News
Revisiting Docker Hub Policies: Prioritizing Developer Experience | Docker —In what seems to be the standard bad news company announcement approach, Docker does a last-minute rug pull on unlimited resource requests, then 'revisits' it—aka delaying it by a month instead.
AWS S3 SDK breaks its compatible services — AWS introduces new integrity checksums in its S3 SDKs—a solid feature, but enforcing it breaks compatibility with third-party object storage. Not a great look.
Platform Engineering on the Brink: Breakthrough or Bust? - The New Stack —Platform engineering is at a crossroads. Will companies bridge the gap between platform engineers and developers, or will the hype fade? A 'Platform as a Product' mindset seems to be gaining traction.
Docker Bake: Now Generally Available | Docker — Docker's new 'Bake' tool aims to simplify complex builds by automating tedious tasks and improving build times. Will it deliver?
Introducing AWS CloudFormation Stack Refactoring | AWS DevOps & Developer Productivity Blog — AWS finally makes it easier to move resources between CloudFormation stacks, reducing the pain of growing complexity and shifting business needs.
🦮 Tutorials / How-tos
Exploring the Kubernetes API Server Proxy - A fun walkthrough of the Kubernetes API Server Proxy and how it works.
10 Terraform Config Root Setups for Scalable Infrastructure (Pt 1) — A practical guide to structuring your Terraform projects for scalability.
📁 Interesting Projects
Kmesh v1.0 officially released! | CNCF — Kmesh 1.0.0 is here! Worth highlighting as it matures into a full-fledged service mesh!
GitHub - HeavyHorst/remco: remco is a lightweight configuration management tool — A lightweight configuration management tool, similar to confd but with a bit more flexibility.
GitHub - cloudon-one/FinOps-Guardian: AWS & GCP FinOps Tools — FinOps-Guardian helps cut AWS/GCP costs—if you’re brave enough to point it at production!
📅 Events
Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe — London, April 1st-4th, 2025
🎙️ Webinars
Backstage: The costliest mistake in platform engineering? — March 04, 2025
A practical guide to Minimum Viable Platforms (MVPs) — March 11, 2025
Platform leadership 101: Why 67% of platform initiatives are failing — March 12, 2025
Platform Engineering Executive Roundtable with Humanitec & codecentric — March 13, 2025
How enterprises drive successful platform engineering initiatives — March 27, 2025
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