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Can undergraduate students build an internal development platform?

This session explores an educational experiment where undergraduate students at CODE University attempted to build an internal development platform (IDP) for their peers. The result was a challenging yet illuminating experience that revealed both the potential and complexity of learning platform engineering early.
Adam Roe, a faculty member at CODE University of Applied Sciences, shares insights from a 2024 experiment in which advanced undergraduate students were tasked with building an internal development platform using open-source tools. The goal was to provide first-year students with a practical, in-house alternative to commercial hosting solutions for deploying their early-stage web projects. Without a definitive technical guide or textbook on platform engineering at the time, students had to navigate the nuances of infrastructure, developer experience, and system design, while translating theory into a functioning platform. Roe reflects on what made the project successful, what proved unexpectedly difficult, and how this experience shaped students’ understanding of platform engineering as both a discipline and a career path. This talk offers a thought-provoking look at how platform engineering concepts can be taught at the undergraduate level, and what it means to apply them in an academic environment.
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Can undergraduate students build an internal development platform?

This session explores an educational experiment where undergraduate students at CODE University attempted to build an internal development platform (IDP) for their peers. The result was a challenging yet illuminating experience that revealed both the potential and complexity of learning platform engineering early.
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Adam Roe, a faculty member at CODE University of Applied Sciences, shares insights from a 2024 experiment in which advanced undergraduate students were tasked with building an internal development platform using open-source tools. The goal was to provide first-year students with a practical, in-house alternative to commercial hosting solutions for deploying their early-stage web projects. Without a definitive technical guide or textbook on platform engineering at the time, students had to navigate the nuances of infrastructure, developer experience, and system design, while translating theory into a functioning platform. Roe reflects on what made the project successful, what proved unexpectedly difficult, and how this experience shaped students’ understanding of platform engineering as both a discipline and a career path. This talk offers a thought-provoking look at how platform engineering concepts can be taught at the undergraduate level, and what it means to apply them in an academic environment.
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Can undergraduate students build an internal development platform?

This session explores an educational experiment where undergraduate students at CODE University attempted to build an internal development platform (IDP) for their peers. The result was a challenging yet illuminating experience that revealed both the potential and complexity of learning platform engineering early.
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Adam Roe, a faculty member at CODE University of Applied Sciences, shares insights from a 2024 experiment in which advanced undergraduate students were tasked with building an internal development platform using open-source tools. The goal was to provide first-year students with a practical, in-house alternative to commercial hosting solutions for deploying their early-stage web projects. Without a definitive technical guide or textbook on platform engineering at the time, students had to navigate the nuances of infrastructure, developer experience, and system design, while translating theory into a functioning platform. Roe reflects on what made the project successful, what proved unexpectedly difficult, and how this experience shaped students’ understanding of platform engineering as both a discipline and a career path. This talk offers a thought-provoking look at how platform engineering concepts can be taught at the undergraduate level, and what it means to apply them in an academic environment.
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Can undergraduate students build an internal development platform?

This session explores an educational experiment where undergraduate students at CODE University attempted to build an internal development platform (IDP) for their peers. The result was a challenging yet illuminating experience that revealed both the potential and complexity of learning platform engineering early.
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