Workshop: designing a golden path teams actually use
A full day on building an internal platform that teams choose to use, rather than one they are told to use.
- 6 August 2026 · 09:30–16:30 IST (UTC+5:30)
- DevOpsArk office, Bengaluru, Bengaluru
- 1 speakers
- Recording available
What this event covers
Platform teams usually fail for the same reason: the paved path is not actually easier than going around it. This workshop works through designing one that is, and measuring whether it is being adopted.
Covers shared templates that are referenced rather than copied, self-service provisioning, service catalogues derived from live infrastructure, and scorecards that turn standards into a measurable number.
Held after the fact for reference: this event has already taken place, and the materials and recording are available below.
What is Workshop: designing a golden path teams actually use?
A full day on building an internal platform that teams choose to use, rather than one they are told to use.
What happens, and when
The mandate trap, the ticket queue trap, and the abstraction-too-early trap.
Making a platform change ship once instead of once per repository.
Provisioning without a ticket, with guardrails rather than gates.
Why a manually maintained service catalogue is always wrong, and what to do instead.
Scorecards, DORA metrics and the developer experience signals worth tracking.
Participant scenarios discussed openly.
Who is talking
Harshit Sengar
Founder and platform lead
DevOpsArk
Who should attend
- Platform team leads
- Engineering managers building internal tooling
- Architects designing developer workflows
Event questions
Yes. It took place in August 2026, and the recording and workshop materials are available. The workshop is expected to run again.
It is expected to. Get in touch through the contact page to be notified of the next date.
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