Containers are an amazing technology. They provide huge benefits and create useful constraints for distributing software. Golang-based software doesn’t need a container in the same way Ruby or Python would bundle the runtime and dependencies. For a statically compiled Go application, the container doesn’t need much beyond the binary.

In a world characterized by complex software and fast-paced development cycles, Internal Developer Portals have become increasingly vital. Unlike Internal Developer Platforms, which are more focused on the code-to-cloud deployment pipeline, an Internal Developer Portal acts as a centralized hub for a multitude of resources, tools, and APIs that developers require throughout the software development lifecycle.

Recently we announced the availability of a new version of Ocean for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). I decided to migrate some of our production services. While the service was already running on native AKS, we decided to leverage Spot’s Ocean for AKS to manage it more effectively, and, as they say, drink our own champagne. The outcome has been quite impressive. I managed to reduce our spending for this AKS cluster by a staggering 85%. You can see the results in the screen capture provided below.

Enter into the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) world, a game-changing solution that empowers development teams to streamline workflows, optimize resource management, and enhance productivity. This article is your comprehensive guide to building an Internal Developer Platform, demystifying its components, benefits, and best practices.

The report is so absurd and naive that it makes no sense to critique it in detail. - Kent Beck responding to the McKinsey Report. Luckily this was a hollow threat, because a few days later he and fellow blogger Gergely Orosz released a two part blog series critiquing not exactly Mckinsey's report but... any report that tried to put “effort based” metrics at the top of the list for things to track.