InnerSource at scale Let's innovate together!
summary
Philips builds an internal open‑source ecosystem on GitHub with ephemeral GitHub Runners serving 13–30k CI jobs/day, a Backstage developer portal for one‑click project scaffolds and publishing, and a non‑blocking compliance bot that files issues for runtime checks. Growth hits ~2,500 users, tens of thousands of repos, ~3,000 weekly PR merges, 85% of repos shared, and a survey (400+ responses) reporting 70% improved productivity and satisfaction. Future work explores GitHub Copilot, Codespaces and paid premium runners.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00InnerSource at Philips
- 1:07What is InnerSource
- 2:10Generative cultures
- 3:59Collaboration models
- 5:04Four pillars
- 7:29InnerSource journey
- 9:13Self-service automation
- 10:37Community fabric
- 12:02Platform engineering
- 13:48Developer portal
- 17:18Migration challenges
- 18:00Culture alignment
- 18:41KPIs and goals
- 19:23Feedback prioritization
- 20:06Key achievements
- 21:50Next steps
- 24:26Q&A
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