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GitHub Engineers: Building and Supporting the Platform Like Gundam Models

By

Fabian Aguilar Gomez

11mo ago· 6 min readenInsight

Summary

The article draws an analogy between building Gundam models and the roles of product and platform engineers at GitHub. Product engineers assemble the final product (like a Gundam model), while platform engineers provide the necessary tools and infrastructure (like clippers and files). The piece highlights best practices for identifying, resolving, and preventing issues at scale.

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Product engineers can be seen as the engineers who take these kits and build the Gundam itself.
Platform engineers, on the other hand, supply the tools needed to build these kits (like clippers and files) and maybe even build a cool display so everyone can see the final product.
They ensure that wh
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Our best practices for quickly identifying, resolving, and preventing issues at scale.

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