What are best practices in Platform Engineering?

Best practices in Platform Engineering revolve around creating a self-service, scalable, and secure developer experience. Key principles include using GitOps workflows and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure reproducibility and automation; building for observability with logs, metrics, and tracing; implementing strong security and compliance policies from the start; and designing platforms based on actual developer needs through feedback loops. A successful platform abstracts complexity while providing enough flexibility to support diverse use cases.