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What’s up with internal developer portals?
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What’s up with internal developer portals?

Thoughtworks Head of DevEx, Chris Westerhold and DX CEO Abi discuss internal developer portals.

This week’s episode is the recording of a live conversation between myself and Chris Westerhold, (Thoughtworks Head of Developer Experience). This conversation is useful for anyone early in their journey with developer portals or platforms: we discuss common approaches to solving these problems, pitfalls to avoid, building vs. buying, and more.

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Discussion points:

  • (3:09) Why there’s an increased interest in developer portals

  • (5:33) Chris’ background with dev portals

  • (6:37) Homegrown solutions for developer portals

  • (9:22) How developer portal initiatives begin

  • (11:24) Internal developer portal vs service catalogs and IDPs

  • (16:18) Mistakes companies make with developer portals

  • (21:05) Approaches to solving this problem

  • (24:28) How can developer portals drive value

  • (32:07) Common traps to avoid

Read the full transcript here.

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