Company
Date Published
Author
Tom Sobolik, Alex Flinois, Dan Green
Word count
1487
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The text discusses Golden Paths, a concept in platform engineering that aims to improve the developer experience by providing self-service tools and processes for creating standardized project scaffolding templates. These templates can be used to help developers create new projects more efficiently, reducing complexity and errors. The text also introduces Datadog Workflows and App Builder, which can be used to automate the process of generating new projects from these templates. By using these tools, organizations can simplify project setup, collapse knowledge silos, streamline onboarding, and make it easier for teams to get their services working together. Additionally, the text highlights the importance of making templates discoverable and convenient to use, which is achieved through the creation of a templating app with App Builder. Overall, Golden Paths and the tools mentioned in the text aim to improve the developer experience by providing a more standardized and efficient way of creating new projects.