Platform engineer

When it comes to a competitive edge, speed and efficiency are everything. The quicker engineering teams can ship reliable, high-quality features, the more value they bring to the business. An internal developer portal (IDP) is a critical enabler in making this possible. By centralizing tools, resources, and processes, an IDP enhances workflows, streamlines collaboration, and empowers developers to be more autonomous.

The 2024 edition of the Google Cloud DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) Report marks a decade of research into high-performing software delivery teams. Since its inception, the DORA report has provided unparalleled insights into what sets elite DevOps teams apart. In this post, we’ll dive into the latest findings, including the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI), platform engineering, and organizational stability, and explore what these mean for engineering leaders driving digital transformation.

As the landscape of internal developer portals (IDPs) grows, many engineering teams are turning to platforms like OpsLevel and Cortex to manage software components, enforce standards, and improve developer productivity. While Cortex presents itself as a robust solution for managing service catalogs and enforcing standards, its complexity, high costs, and manual processes often leave organizations searching for a better alternative.‍ In this article, we’ll compare OpsLevel against Cortex, highlighting why OpsLevel’s automated, flexible approach outperforms Cortex in critical areas like software catalog creation, standards enforcement, and developer productivity.

This post explores the critical aspects of microservice orchestration and some popular tools and platforms used for microservice orchestration.

In this post, we’ll go through things to consider when you’re trying to scale microservices and how one would architect a system to do just that.

Learn all the ways you can import your service metadata into OpsLevel.

Microservices are great. They help you grow and scale your engineering organization by providing better isolation and independence to your engineering teams. But they come with a sinister cost: a sharp increase in complexity.

In this article, we explore the significance of a production readiness review (PRR) and provide a detailed checklist to ensure a smooth transition to production.