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When I started writing Crafting Platforms, the second chapter was supposed to focus on “Platform as a Product.” But as I developed the content, it became clear that I couldn’t discuss product thinking without first defining the broader context: the Internal Developer Platform itself.

So I stepped back, reframed the chapter, and turned it into an introduction to the IDP: the core concepts, the foundational capabilities, and the structure that supports everything else we’ll build in the book. I think it is important to make it clear from the beginning where we are going.