Exploring the Differences Between Developer Portals and Platforms

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This week’s episode is the recording of a live conversation between Abi and Chris Westerhold (Thoughtworks Head of Developer Experience). This conversation is useful for anyone early in their journey with developer portals or platforms: Abi and Chris discuss common approaches to solving these problems, pitfalls to avoid, building vs. buying, and more.

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• Watch the recording of this conversation 
• Watch part 2 of this conversation on the market landscape
• Learn about PlatformX, DX’s product mentioned in the conversation

Time Stamps:

• (3:09) Why there’s an increased interest in developer portals
• (5:33) Chris’ background with dev portals
• (6:37) Homegrown solutions for developer portals
• (9:22) How developer portal initiatives begin
• (11:24) Internal developer portal vs service catalogs and IDPs
• (16:18) Mistakes companies make with developer portals
• (21:05) Approaches to solving this problem
• (24:28) How can developer portals drive value
• (32:07) Common traps to avoid