SYNTASSO BLOG

The multi-vendor collaboration and Kubernetes SIG home demonstrates real momentum for kro. Each cloud provider recognises the value of a portable, Kubernetes-native model for grouping and orchestrating resources, and the importance of reducing manual dependency management for platform teams.

Platform engineering is maturing quickly, but every conversation focuses on enterprises with hundreds of developers. Startups that consider platform engineering often struggle to know where to begin, and others dismiss the idea entirely.  The goal of this article is not to tell you that you need platform engineering as a startup, but to help you checkmate if you do, and prepare you for the journey ahead. 

When embracing cloud and container technologies, it’s tempting to think of fleet management as a challenge for tomorrow. But the reality is that the majority of organisations quickly bump into the need to run multiple VMs, container, and Kubernetes clusters. This is where Kratix comes in. In this guide, we’ll explore how Kratix enables you to orchestrate and deploy services seamlessly across a fleet.

Almost every developer knows the pain of waiting days or even weeks for a single ticket to be resolved. This entire cycle, with all its delays and inefficiencies, is what's called TicketOps. In this article, we'll define what TicketOps is, explain why it's a bottleneck you can't afford to ignore, and explore seven practical steps to help you eliminate it for good.

As more teams embrace platform engineering, golden paths have become the go-to approach for streamlining developer workflows. Fundamentally, it solves the “how can/should I do this?” problem for developers in engineering teams. The goal is to set up a complete development environment, with the networking, integration, security, governance, compliance, and deployment aspects of the software delivery pipeline —

Platform engineering is full of trade-offs. Cost, speed, or reduced risk. Developer autonomy or governance and compliance. We hear it all the time: “We can’t have both.” But that’s not true. When you combine Kratix Promises with a Secrets Manager, you get both. This isn’t an either / or story. It’s a great AND story that brings together your developer experience and enterprise-grade security.

Enterprises racing to adopt AI often create more risk than value. To mitigate these risks, AI needs the same treatment as every other capability in the internal developer platform (IDP). Provide it through the platform, complete with budgets, policies, and observability from day one. That is how adoption scales without chaos.

Available now for Syntasso Kratix Enterprise (SKE) users, the Promise Testing Framework enables you to focus on developing your Promise code, while we handle testing to ensure it works as expected. Check out the Promise Testing Framework docs!

Giving developers autonomy to provision infrastructure is now a table-stakes requirement for modern internal developer platforms (IDPs). What happens when a critical vulnerability is found in a shared service such as a database? This is where Kratix steps in. It enables you to build internal platforms where developers can self-serve, while providing platform engineers with powerful tools to manage services across the fleet.

We’re heading to Atlanta for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, and this year’s lineup is one you won’t want to miss. From insightful talks on platform engineering patterns to deep dives into Kubernetes observability, the Syntasso team will share practical lessons, open-source insights, and a new O’Reilly report that’s shaping how enterprises think about internal developer platforms.