Platform Engineering Playbook
Why I Made This
I started this playbook mostly for myself! Working in platform engineering means keeping track of a ton of different technologies. Kubernetes, Terraform, observability tools, CI/CD systems, cloud services, networking concepts, and on and on. I was constantly forgetting the specifics of tools I hadn't used in a while or trying to remember which resources actually helped me learn something properly.
So, I looked through several other sites devoted to SRE, DevOps, Production Engineering, and of course, Platform Engineering. I then asked a bunch of different AI tools to add the best resources they could find to the list of technologies. I also asked them to look at salary data to see what technologies were actually in demand.
Now, as I review, I am going through each page and making sure that I love all the linked resources. I'm also generating audio summaries so that I can get a quick high level overview of the current state of the art in each technology. I'm hoping this will help me keep track of the latest trends and technologies in the field.
I invite everyone to contribute to the playbook! If you find any errorrs, or know of resources that should be added, please make a PR!
What This Actually Is
This is basically a curated index of platform engineering technologies. It's not trying to teach you everything from scratch, there are already great resources for that. Instead, it's more like a organized directory of 150+ tools and concepts that show up in platform engineering work, each with links to the best learning materials I've found.
Think of it as that bookmark folder you wish you had organized better, but actually organized.
Popular Topics
Explore our comprehensive guides on the most in-demand platform engineering technologies:
Container & Orchestration: Kubernetes • Docker • Helm • ArgoCD
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform • Ansible • Pulumi • CloudFormation
Cloud Platforms: AWS • Azure • GCP
Observability: Prometheus • Grafana • Elasticsearch • Datadog
CI/CD: GitHub Actions • GitLab CI • Jenkins
Where to Start
The technical skills section is where all the technology overviews live, organized by category (Linux & Systems, Cloud Platforms, Containers, etc.).
If you're looking for other stuff like interview prep or career guidance, those sections exist too, but the technical reference is the main event.
This started as my personal notes and grew from there. If it helps you keep track of this stuff too, great.