How We Built an Internal Developer Platform and Evolved It Into...
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Electrolux Group builds an Internal Developer Platform that automates cloud provisioning with Terraform modules, a YAML-to-Terraform generator called Sama (YAML→Terraform generator), Backstage plus a separate UI (Backstage plugin and separate UI), and custom platform APIs. Growth from ~10 to 300+ developers (supporting ~400 by 2026) with five Ops engineers drives self-service, template blueprints, and region replication. A cost-aggregation feature is open-sourced as a plugin, the platform enables company-wide rollouts (patched ingress across clusters) and cuts Ops involvement—about 90% of incidents no longer require Ops intervention.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Electrolux and connected appliances
- 2:05Manual infrastructure problems
- 4:17Standardization and automation need
- 5:44Terraform to YAML with Sama
- 7:28Self-service internal platform
- 9:38Open sourcing the platform
- 11:02Open sourcing process
- 12:49Infrawal as open source
- 14:36UI frameworks for platform
- 16:24Blueprint features for replication
- 17:51Platform ownership roles
- 18:52Developer adoption impact
- 20:38Template management mindset
- 22:03Summary
- 23:33Q&A
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