Cycloid this week added a plug-in capability that makes it simpler to customize its internal developer platform (IDP).
Company founder Benjamin Brial said this capability will be used to create 25 official plug-ins that will be supported by both Cycloid and its partners, as well as plug-ins that individual customers will build and support on their own.
That approach will make it simpler for platform engineering and DevOps teams to extend the scope of the Cycloid IDP via integrations with a wide range of software engineering tools and platforms, he added.
Those teams can leverage plug-ins developed in any language, including Python, Go, JavaScript, using a set of open application programming interfaces (APIs) and libraries that Cycloid makes available, he added.
While IDPs have been around for some time, the rise of platform engineering as a methodology for managing DevOps workflows at scale has spurred adoption. Platform engineering teams are using IDPs to expose a standard set of tools and platforms that application developers can use to self-service their needs.
The overall goal is to both increase efficiency and reduce costs. In fact, a recent survey conducted by The Futurum Group finds platform engineering as a methodology for building and deploying applications at scale is gaining significant traction. More than a quarter of respondents (26%) have mastered platform engineering, compared to 41% who are still working toward applying platform engineering across multiple projects. Another 24% are still working toward operationalizing a set of best practices for platform engineering, while 7% are just getting started.
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