LoopyLuci Platform Engineering and IDPs
Building internal developer platforms (IDPs) — from platform as a product through golden paths, Backstage, developer portals, and reducing cognitive load on developers.
When to Use
- Reducing developer friction and cognitive load
- Standardizing infrastructure and deployment patterns
- Building self-service developer capabilities
- Creating golden paths for common workflows
Platform Engineering
PLATFORM_PRINCIPLES = {
'platform_as_product': 'Treat platform like a product — user research, roadmap, feedback cycles',
'golden_paths': 'Curated, opinionated workflows for common tasks (deploy, create service, add DB)',
'cognitive_load': 'Reduce decisions developers need to make; provide sensible defaults',
'self_service': 'Developers provision infra, deploy, and manage via UI/CLI without tickets',
'abstraction': 'Hide infrastructure complexity behind simple interfaces (CRUD for services)',
}
class DeveloperPortal:
"""Self-service developer portal capabilities."""
capabilities = {
'scaffold_service': 'Template-based service creation with CI/CD, monitoring, docs',
'deploy': 'One-click deploy to staging/production with rollback',
'add_database': 'Provision PostgreSQL/Redis with backups, monitoring, connection string',
'view_logs': 'Aggregated logs with search, filters, and alerting',
'add_secret': 'Store and rotate secrets with audit trail',
'run_migration': 'Execute database migrations with dry-run and rollback',
}
Verification Checklist
- Platform treated as product (user research, roadmap, feedback)
- Golden paths defined for common workflows
- Self-service capabilities for infra, deploy, databases
- Developer portal (Backstage, custom, or Portal) operational
- Cognitive load measured and reduced (surveys, DORA metrics)
- Platform adoption tracked (teams using golden paths)
- Platform documentation current and discoverable