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The ongoing pandemic is forcing companies to modernize their operations and invest in new digital technologies. But as companies double down on digital transformation and race into the cloud, they are creating a considerable amount of technical debt in the process.

There’s been a notable uptick in engineering teams' adoption of Internal Developer Portals (IDPs) to streamline developer workflows, manage services, and enforce software standards. Two popular options, Cortex and Backstage, offer intriguing approaches to solving these challenges. But as many teams discover, the complexity and limitations of these platforms can outweigh their benefits, especially when scalability, flexibility, and speed are priorities. That’s where OpsLevel comes in. In this article, we’ll explore the pros and cons of Cortex and Backstage, and explain why OpsLevel is the best alternative for engineering teams that want to move quickly, maintain high standards, and minimize operational overhead.

Ensure reliability, security, and AI readiness with this in-depth guide to implementing a production readiness checklist across your engineering teams.

Many of us have tried setting goals in the past. Perhaps it was a required exercise for school or work, or we wanted to see if it could help us accomplish something. Results were mixed, and we often left goals unfinished.

AI coding tools are at maximum hype, but are teams actually getting value from this new technology?

Improving your microservice security isn’t like improving the security of a monolith application. Microservices provide application developers with a lot of flexibility.

We dive deep into methods for measuring developer productivity and steps you can take to improve it.

Evaluating developer portals? See how the top 4 Backstage alternatives stack up in terms of setup, extensibility, service catalogs, and team adoption.

Microservices will change. This is inevitable. But how do you manage that change to ensure your consumers don’t feel unnecessary disruption? Alternatively, what best practices can you follow to make migrations easy?