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Effective Platform Engineering
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Effective Platform Engineering

by Bryan Oliver, Nic Cheneweth, Ajay Chankramath, Sean Alvarez
October 2025
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
12h 56m
English
Manning Publications
Audiobook available
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9 Architecture changes to support scale

This chapter covers

  • Scaling the control plane roles
  • Scaling the pipeline orchestration for many clusters
  • Scaling the orchestration of control plane services and extensions
  • Using events to increase the scale of automation

Scaling an engineering platform isn’t just about adding more servers or improving performance numbers—it’s about smart, intentional architectural changes that keep teams moving quickly without causing chaos. When the business needs to support more developers or deliver engineering platform capabilities faster, scaling the engineering platform product team is just as important as scaling the technology. We need the right people, roles, and processes in place to effectively expand ...

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