What is an Internal Developer Platform (IDP)?
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Summary: IDPs are platform engineering made concrete: golden paths, self-service and paved infrastructure behind one interface. The IDP is a product with users, and it lives or dies on developer experience rather than feature count. Most working ones compose existing tools behind a thin, opinionated layer that balances self-service with guardrails.
Who should read it: platform teams defining their scope, and engineering leaders deciding whether the investment fits their size.