Infrastructure as a Product - Lessons in Platform Engineering

Learn how to effectively apply product development principles to Platform Engineering in this 30-minute conference talk from PyBay 2023. Discover practical strategies for enabling engineering organizations to maintain rapid development while ensuring stability, even without dedicated product managers. Explore real-world examples and lessons learned from building developer tools and managing service infrastructure, drawing from the speaker's firsthand experience as a Platform Engineer. Gain valuable insights into treating infrastructure as a product, understanding developer needs, and creating principled solutions that support organizational goals. Delivered at the San Francisco Bay Area's premier Python conference, this presentation offers actionable takeaways for platform engineers, technical leaders, and developers interested in improving their infrastructure development approach.