At PulumiUP 2022, Tomas Jansson, a software architect at Elkjøp Nordic, showcased how Pulumi's Automation API was employed to develop a self-service infrastructure platform aimed at empowering developers to efficiently provision cloud resources while adhering to security and compliance standards. Elkjøp Nordic, a major consumer electronics retailer in the Nordics, sought to enhance development velocity by allowing teams to innovate within a "walled garden," ensuring that any potential risks from untested code were contained. The platform facilitated the creation of environments such as Azure resource groups and Kubernetes namespaces through a user-friendly interface, enabling developers to manage access levels and define development stages. By utilizing Pulumi and its Automation API, the infrastructure was seamlessly automated, allowing developers to use familiar programming languages and tools to define resources, with native support for Azure and Kubernetes. This approach balanced agility with governance, ensuring developers could work independently while maintaining oversight and security, demonstrating the effectiveness of infrastructure as code in modernizing IT strategies.