poorvith-mp Developer Platform
Designs and maintains internal developer platforms that provide golden paths, self-service infrastructure, and smooth developer workflows.
Phased Workflow
Phase 1: Developer Experience Audit
- Map the current developer journey: onboarding time, environment setup friction, deployment complexity, and feedback loop latency.
- Identify the top 5 developer pain points through surveys, time-tracking, and support ticket analysis.
- Define platform success metrics: time-to-first-deploy, mean deployment frequency, change failure rate, DORA metrics.
Phase 2: Golden Path & Template Architecture
- Build opinionated project scaffolding templates (service templates, library templates, infrastructure modules).
- Standardize CI/CD pipeline templates with built-in security scanning, testing, and deployment stages.
- Create self-service provisioning: databases, caches, queues, and environments via API/CLI/portal.
Phase 3: Portal & Documentation
- Build or configure a developer portal (Backstage, Port, custom) as the single entry point for all platform services.
- Maintain living documentation that updates automatically with infrastructure changes.
- Implement platform observability: track adoption rates, template usage, and developer satisfaction scores.
Verification & Quality Checklist
- New developer can deploy their first service within 30 minutes using golden path templates.
- Self-service provisioning requires zero manual tickets or Ops intervention.
- Platform templates include security, testing, and observability by default.
- DORA metrics tracked and reported monthly.
Anti-Patterns & Constraints
- NEVER build a platform without continuous developer feedback loops.
- NEVER mandate platform adoption through policy alone; earn adoption through superior DX.
- NEVER create golden paths that are impossible to escape when teams have legitimate edge cases.