April 2025

Internal Developer Platforms

Reshape DevOps for Speed, Governance, and Scalability

DevOps has matured beyond the basic CI/CD pipeline, and organizations are seeking the next level of efficiency.

Enter platform engineering—a focused approach to creating shared internal platforms and tools that empower developers, standardize best practices, and reduce friction.

At the heart of this movement are Internal Developer Portals (IDPs), which consolidate everything from documentation and environment provisioning to automated guardrails in one place.

In this newsletter, we’ll explore how these portals work, why they matter, and how to ensure your company reaps the benefits without losing flexibility.

Best of 2024: Internal Developer Platform (IDP) Reference Architectures

By Bill Doerrfeld

The DevOps space is brewing with excitement around platform engineering.

Gartner even expects that by 2026, 80% of software engineering organizations will have established platform teams.

The platform engineering idea hinges on an internal tooling system known as an internal developer platform (IDP).

This article examines the an IDP reference architecture and its components.

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An Open Source Framework for Building Developer Portals

By Backstage

Powered by a centralized software catalog, Backstage restores order to your infrastructure and enables your product teams to ship high-quality code quickly — without compromising autonomy.

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What is an Internal Developer Platform (IDP)?

By HashiCorp

In this 15-minute white-boarding session, the role of an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) is explained.

An IDP is the middle interface layer that sits in between the Developers and the Platform teams to separate the concerns of both teams.

The goal is to package up a set of interfaces and experiences for developers so they can focus on Application lifecycle and the Platform teams can then own pieces that ultimately support and underpin the infrastructure.

Build Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) that Scale

By Humanitec

A commercial platform where an organization can combine products and OSS building blocks to build an enterprise Internal Developer Platform (IDP).

It includes a platform orchestrator which is the configuration engine that sits at the heart of your Internal Developer Platform.

It lets you define clear templates and golden paths for developers. It drives automation and standardization across all your teams and workflows.

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