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• The developer platform started with simple app delivery using GitHub and Jenkins for source control and CI/CD respectively.
• As the platform grew, Spinnaker was adopted for CD processes and the suite of in-house tools and libraries were developed for infrastructure management and networking.
• The integration of various tools and interfaces resulted in a high number of user interaction points and integration costs.
• There is a need to consolidate interfaces and rethink the product to focus on providing interfaces for users to describe their deployment needs.
• The example of regionalization of services highlights the need for the platform to own the deployment process rather than users triggering their own deployments.