Building Platforms With Empathy and YAML at the LEGO Group
Talkat Platform Engineering Day 2025 - Europe · on Tuesday, 2025-04-01· at 15:55· Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10 | Room H·
summary
Platform teams deliver Kubernetes-based runtimes as a service to 250 product teams, expose APIs via an internal portal called Baseplate, and standardize telemetry for operations. Platforms require Argo CD and initially block kube API access, then add a zero trust proxy using OIDC to grant limited operational kube API access while keeping cluster state controlled. Empathy-driven experiments and close collaboration refine constraints, cut support tickets, and let engineers self-serve without sacrificing reliability.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:13Golden brick metaphor
- 5:21APIs for modularity
- 8:52Refining constraints
- 13:29Human aspect of platform engineering
- 15:18Empathy through transparency
- 18:29Balancing constraints
- 19:34Team culture impact
- 20:59Paving paths vs handing bricks
- 21:19Closing remarks
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