Cortex | Is This Internal Developer Platform Worth It?

Cortex is an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) built to act as a Developer Portal / Developer Platform for DevOps and Software Engineering teams. In this whistle-stop tour, you’ll see how Cortex makes it easy to build a software catalog, enable self-service automation, and standardise engineering across your org with scorecards, initiatives, and reports.

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What you’ll learn:
► What Cortex is and how an IDP works as a developer home base for self-service
► Building a software catalog from entities (repos, services, teams, libraries, servers)
► Integrations: GitHub/GitLab plus AWS, Azure, and GCP (and custom integrations)
► Relationship mapping and ownership visibility across your estate
► Workflows and templates for automation (self-service, repeatable engineering tasks)
► Scorecards to enforce standards (bronze/silver/gold) and track compliance at scale
► Initiatives + reports to drive organisation-wide improvements with real dashboards

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Chapters:
00:00 What is Cortex? (IDP overview)
00:20 What an IDP is (developer home base + self-service)
00:45 Populate the software catalog with entities
01:05 Integrations (GitHub/GitLab + AWS/Azure/GCP)
01:33 Relationships + ownership mapping
01:55 Workflows (self-service automation)
02:20 Templates and workflow steps
02:40 Scorecards (standards, bronze/silver/gold)
03:50 Initiatives (timeboxed goals across teams)
04:21 Reports (bird’s-eye + executive dashboard)
04:58 Cortex vs building your own portal on Backstage
05:26 Wrap-up