A story about platform engineering — Niklas Voss
summary
A fictional fintech called FlinFunch builds an internal developer platform on Kubernetes using the Kubernetes Resource Model as the API surface. CI runs on Tekton with Tekton Chains producing OCI attestations (cosign/intoto), Argo CD reconciles configs, Crossplane exposes infrastructure via Crossplane compositions (multi‑provider DB implementations), and Kyverno enforces Kyverno image verification and policy guardrails. The demo ties code → pipeline → attested artifact → provisioned infra → deployment and the repo shows the pattern working end‑to‑end.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:30What is platform engineering
- 9:34Fintech company case study
- 11:42Application delivery decisions
- 15:53CI/CD with Tekton and Argo CD
- 16:58Infrastructure with Crossplane
- 20:04Policies and guardrails with Kyverno
- 22:31Software supply chain security
- 25:19Architecture overview
- 32:24Why Kubernetes works for platforms
- 34:28Conclusion and Q&A
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