Cortex | Is This Internal Developer Platform Worth It?

Description

Cortex is an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) built to act as a Developer Portal / Developer Platform for DevOps and Software Engineering teams. In this whistle-stop tour, you’ll see how Cortex makes it easy to build a software catalog, enable self-service automation, and standardise engineering across your org with scorecards, initiatives, and reports. https://www.cortex.io/?utm_source=mr-youtube What you’ll learn: ► What Cortex is and how an IDP works as a developer home base for self-service ► Building a software catalog from entities (repos, services, teams, libraries, servers) ► Integrations: GitHub/GitLab plus AWS, Azure, and GCP (and custom integrations) ► Relationship mapping and ownership visibility across your estate ► Workflows and templates for automation (self-service, repeatable engineering tasks) ► Scorecards to enforce standards (bronze/silver/gold) and track compliance at scale ► Initiatives + reports to drive organisation-wide improvements with real dashboards Not sponsored. Chapters: 00:00 What is Cortex? (IDP overview) 00:20 What an IDP is (developer home base + self-service) 00:45 Populate the software catalog with entities 01:05 Integrations (GitHub/GitLab + AWS/Azure/GCP) 01:33 Relationships + ownership mapping 01:55 Workflows (self-service automation) 02:20 Templates and workflow steps 02:40 Scorecards (standards, bronze/silver/gold) 03:50 Initiatives (timeboxed goals across teams) 04:21 Reports (bird’s-eye + executive dashboard) 04:58 Cortex vs building your own portal on Backstage 05:26 Wrap-up