The first wave of agent building left a governance gap. Here's why runtime governance - policy enforcement, context quality, and human oversight - is the fifth infrastructure bet.

Shared definitions for platform engineering teams working with AI agents: agent, harness, context layer, context lake, business context layer, minimum viable context, MCP, MCP Server, MCP Gateway, and tools.

Most enterprise AI deployments fail in production because the gap is context, not the model. The four motions of a context layer - ingest, organise, retrieve, refresh - explained for platform teams.

Explore Backstage architecture, plugins, and the software catalog. Compare self-hosted Backstage, proprietary portals, and SaaS portals built on open standards.

How Roadie scaled Backstage by separating TechDocs from a monolithic backend, improving reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Supercharge GitLab with Roadie’s managed Backstage platform. Eliminate repo sprawl, centralize ownership and governance, visualize CI/CD, and launch a production-ready Internal Developer Portal in hours, not months.

Platform engineering teams hit the same breaking points as they scale. Learn the three core problems every team must solve — discoverability, self-service, and governance — and why internal developer portals exist to address them.

Platform engineering is entering its maturity phase. As IDPs and best practices standardize, building your own platform interface is becoming a costly distraction. We explore why DIY platform engineering is dead—and what winning teams do instead.

Choosing a developer portal is a multi-year, multi-million dollar decision. This guide compares the 7 best enterprise IDPs, breaking down cost, maintenance, lock-in, and scalability.

Thinking about implementing an IDP? Here’s what we think you should be thinking about. From tackling discoverability issues and enabling self-service environments, to streamlining the developer experience and leveraging insights, we explore how to think about the things that actually matter when you're planning out your IDP implementation.