Build the platform, not the plumbing, on AKS
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Getting one app running on AKS isn't the hard part. Running a platform that works for every app is. Without one, you aren't really scaling. You're asking every team to wire up the same plumbing over and over again. A landing zone sets up Azure. A platform sets up your developers to be productive with Kubernetes supported by AKS.
Most platform conversations start with a tool list: Backstage? Argo CD? Flux? But tools shouldn't dictate your developer contract; they should fulfill it. In this post, I'll walk through how I'd build one, why I'd build it on AKS, and the trade-offs along the way.