Self-Service Actions in Datadog Software Catalog aim to balance speed and standardization by giving developers more independence while ensuring alignment with organizational standards. This allows for the automation of routine operational tasks, reduction of misconfigurations and security gaps, and increased efficiency in managing infrastructure. By providing standardized templates and tools, such as provisioning cloud resources instantly, managing infrastructure with clear permissions, accelerating remediation and incident resolution, scaffolding new services with embedded best practices, and extending and customizing existing tooling, Self-Service Actions help teams move faster while maintaining security, observability, reliability, and governance.