The API platform engineering newsletter #004

The fourth edition of the API Platform Engineering newsletter, curated by Jennifer Craig, provides valuable insights and resources for platform teams, including engineers, managers, and DevOps professionals. It highlights the launch of an online program named API Platform Engineering Fundamentals intended for current and aspiring platform teams. The newsletter features a selection of useful resources, including a summary of best practices and patterns from PlatformCon 2023 by tech journalist Jennifer Riggins, insights into platform team effectiveness by Pete Hodgson, and a podcast on measuring and improving developer productivity by Dr. Nicole Forsgren. Additionally, it promotes upcoming events like a database guardrails session and a Dublin-based DevOps and Platform Engineering meetup, and includes an interactive quiz on cloud-native application concepts. The newsletter is produced by Tyk, an API management platform, and encourages contributions from readers to enhance its content.