"We didn't start with tools. We started with chaos. In Part 1, we learned why platform engineering matters.In Part 2, we explored what a platform engineering team does. Now comes the messy, beautiful truth: how it's actually done. This is the story of building our first golden path - not a grand vision, but one real, working journey. Press enter or click to view image in full size"
"Section 1: Chaos Returns - But This Time, We're the Architects Remember that kitchen from Part 1? Loud, frantic. Devs yelling for infra help like chefs yelling for onions. Then came Part 2 - we laid out stations, built mise-en-place, and brought calm. But now, we stood in front of a blank floor plan.The owner (read: CTO) said: "Go build the kitchen.""
Platform engineering succeeds by prioritizing principles and developer journeys over immediate tool choices. The initial platform MVP focused on one end-to-end golden path: deploying a new backend service through CI, deployment, and rollback. The team mapped every touchpoint, from GitHub pushes triggering Actions and container builds to ArgoCD syncing Helm charts to Kubernetes. Observability and incident tooling were integrated with Sentry, Prometheus, and Grafana. Chosen principles included GitOps, infrastructure-as-code, and guardrails rather than restrictive gates. The approach emphasized starting small, enabling self-service, reducing Slack dependencies, and adding tools only after defining the workflow.
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