From e47c2bba2cb07bbd7dc12718a601484bfcd0ad36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20=C3=85lund?= Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:29:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Add Roadmap to README --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b38acfeedc..92afc395b8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ The philosophy behind Backstage is simple: Don't expose your engineers to the fu At Spotify we [strongly believe](https://backstage.io/the-spotify-story) that a better developer experience leads to happier and more productive engineers. +## Project roadmap + +Backstage has been in production for over 2 years inside Spotify. But the Open Source version is still in an early stage. We are envisioning three phases of the project and we are commited to deliver on all of them: + +* **Phase 1: Extensible front-end platform** (today) - Backstage helps you get started building a single consistent UI layer for your internal infrastructure. Creating a Plugin is super simple. + +* **Phase 2: Software inventory** (next 2-3 months) - A central _software inventory_ with clear ownership and the ability to easily create and manage software at scale. Regardless if your developers want to create a new library, see their service' deployment status in Kubernetes or the test coverage for a website -- Backstage offers all the tools in one place. + +* **Phase 3: Ecosystem** (later) - Everyone's infrastructure stack is different. By fostering a vibrant community of contributors we hope to provide an ecosystem of Open Source plugins/integrations that allows you to pick the tools that matches your stack. + +The ultimate goal of Backstage is to become the de-facto standard UI layer for the infrastructure landscape. + ## Overview The Backstage platform consists of a number of different components: From 142562636fd0907c4c4042b41ec0d2c849cd08d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20=C3=85lund?= Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:30:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 92afc395b8..99ccd0781a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ The philosophy behind Backstage is simple: Don't expose your engineers to the fu ![headline](headline.png) -At Spotify we [strongly believe](https://backstage.io/the-spotify-story) that a better developer experience leads to happier and more productive engineers. - ## Project roadmap Backstage has been in production for over 2 years inside Spotify. But the Open Source version is still in an early stage. We are envisioning three phases of the project and we are commited to deliver on all of them: From 32508cafc0cbe33fcc14aa42ca55eacb0c6fec1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20=C3=85lund?= Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:52:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Updated based on review comments --- README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 99ccd0781a..d7b8c4a780 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ The philosophy behind Backstage is simple: Don't expose your engineers to the fu ## Project roadmap -Backstage has been in production for over 2 years inside Spotify. But the Open Source version is still in an early stage. We are envisioning three phases of the project and we are commited to deliver on all of them: +Backstage has been in production for over 2 years inside Spotify. But the Open Source version is still in an early stage. We are envisioning three phases of the project and we are committed to deliver on all of them: -* **Phase 1: Extensible front-end platform** (today) - Backstage helps you get started building a single consistent UI layer for your internal infrastructure. Creating a Plugin is super simple. +* **Phase 1: Extensible frontend platform** (now) - Backstage helps you get started building a single consistent UI layer for your internal infrastructure. Creating a Plugin is super simple. -* **Phase 2: Software inventory** (next 2-3 months) - A central _software inventory_ with clear ownership and the ability to easily create and manage software at scale. Regardless if your developers want to create a new library, see their service' deployment status in Kubernetes or the test coverage for a website -- Backstage offers all the tools in one place. +* **Phase 2: Software inventory** (next 2-3 months) - A central _software inventory_ with clear ownership and the ability to easily create and manage software at scale. Regardless if your developers want to create a new library, see their service's deployment status in Kubernetes or the test coverage for a website -- Backstage provides all of those tools in a _single_ developer portal. -* **Phase 3: Ecosystem** (later) - Everyone's infrastructure stack is different. By fostering a vibrant community of contributors we hope to provide an ecosystem of Open Source plugins/integrations that allows you to pick the tools that matches your stack. +* **Phase 3: Ecosystem** (later) - Everyone's infrastructure stack is different. By fostering a vibrant community of contributors we hope to provide an ecosystem of Open Source plugins/integrations that allows you to pick the tools that match your stack. -The ultimate goal of Backstage is to become the de-facto standard UI layer for the infrastructure landscape. +The ultimate goal of Backstage is to become the de facto standard UI layer for the infrastructure landscape. We know. This is a **bold** message. We can't do it alone. If this sounds interesting, let's talk: [alund@spotify.com](mailto:alund@spotify.com). ## Overview From f014933e1a70abd3b793a2c3706a6cf913635f99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20=C3=85lund?= Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:03:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] Update README.md --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d7b8c4a780..74d160285f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ Backstage has been in production for over 2 years inside Spotify. But the Open S * **Phase 1: Extensible frontend platform** (now) - Backstage helps you get started building a single consistent UI layer for your internal infrastructure. Creating a Plugin is super simple. -* **Phase 2: Software inventory** (next 2-3 months) - A central _software inventory_ with clear ownership and the ability to easily create and manage software at scale. Regardless if your developers want to create a new library, see their service's deployment status in Kubernetes or the test coverage for a website -- Backstage provides all of those tools in a _single_ developer portal. +* **Phase 2: Software inventory** (next 2-3 months) - A central _software inventory_ with clear ownership and the ability to easily create and manage software at scale. Regardless if your developers want to create a new library, see their service's deployment status in Kubernetes or the test coverage for a website -- Backstage provides all of those tools - and many more - in a _single_ developer portal. * **Phase 3: Ecosystem** (later) - Everyone's infrastructure stack is different. By fostering a vibrant community of contributors we hope to provide an ecosystem of Open Source plugins/integrations that allows you to pick the tools that match your stack. -The ultimate goal of Backstage is to become the de facto standard UI layer for the infrastructure landscape. We know. This is a **bold** message. We can't do it alone. If this sounds interesting, let's talk: [alund@spotify.com](mailto:alund@spotify.com). +The ultimate goal of Backstage is to become the de facto standard UI layer for the infrastructure landscape. We know. This is a **bold** message. And we can't do it alone. If this sounds interesting, let's talk: [alund@spotify.com](mailto:alund@spotify.com). ## Overview From d879b7e780c097fa1f96fe953a52b825bf15b4e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20=C3=85lund?= Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:11:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 74d160285f..6a03198345 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Backstage has been in production for over 2 years inside Spotify. But the Open S * **Phase 3: Ecosystem** (later) - Everyone's infrastructure stack is different. By fostering a vibrant community of contributors we hope to provide an ecosystem of Open Source plugins/integrations that allows you to pick the tools that match your stack. -The ultimate goal of Backstage is to become the de facto standard UI layer for the infrastructure landscape. We know. This is a **bold** message. And we can't do it alone. If this sounds interesting, let's talk: [alund@spotify.com](mailto:alund@spotify.com). +The ultimate goal of Backstage is to become the de facto standard UI layer for the infrastructure landscape. We know. This is a **bold** message. And we can't do it alone. If this sounds interesting, jump in or reach out: [alund@spotify.com](mailto:alund@spotify.com). ## Overview From 301f048ae4a87e92d3e9d9d5a07faf424c2d0afa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20=C3=85lund?= Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:21:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] More edits of goal --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6a03198345..430967faf2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Backstage has been in production for over 2 years inside Spotify. But the Open S * **Phase 3: Ecosystem** (later) - Everyone's infrastructure stack is different. By fostering a vibrant community of contributors we hope to provide an ecosystem of Open Source plugins/integrations that allows you to pick the tools that match your stack. -The ultimate goal of Backstage is to become the de facto standard UI layer for the infrastructure landscape. We know. This is a **bold** message. And we can't do it alone. If this sounds interesting, jump in or reach out: [alund@spotify.com](mailto:alund@spotify.com). +The ultimate goal of Backstage is to become the trusted standard toolbox (read: UI layer) for the Open Source infrastructure landscape. We realize this is an ambitious goal. We can’t do it alone. If this sounds interesting or you'd like to help us shape our product vision, we'd love to talk. You can email me directly: [alund@spotify.com](mailto:alund@spotify.com). ## Overview From 0fb84519f22f9b5b32916bb88dbe7cd11c49fac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20=C3=85lund?= Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:46:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] 4 years actually --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 430967faf2..5156279a19 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ The philosophy behind Backstage is simple: Don't expose your engineers to the fu ## Project roadmap -Backstage has been in production for over 2 years inside Spotify. But the Open Source version is still in an early stage. We are envisioning three phases of the project and we are committed to deliver on all of them: +Backstage has been in production for over 4 years inside Spotify. But the Open Source version is still in an early stage. We are envisioning three phases of the project and we are committed to deliver on all of them: * **Phase 1: Extensible frontend platform** (now) - Backstage helps you get started building a single consistent UI layer for your internal infrastructure. Creating a Plugin is super simple. -* **Phase 2: Software inventory** (next 2-3 months) - A central _software inventory_ with clear ownership and the ability to easily create and manage software at scale. Regardless if your developers want to create a new library, see their service's deployment status in Kubernetes or the test coverage for a website -- Backstage provides all of those tools - and many more - in a _single_ developer portal. +* **Phase 2: Manage your software inventory** (next 2-3 months) - A central _software inventory_ with clear ownership and the ability to easily create and manage software at scale. Regardless if your developers want to create a new library, see their service's deployment status in Kubernetes or the test coverage for a website -- Backstage provides all of those tools - and many more - in a _single_ developer portal. * **Phase 3: Ecosystem** (later) - Everyone's infrastructure stack is different. By fostering a vibrant community of contributors we hope to provide an ecosystem of Open Source plugins/integrations that allows you to pick the tools that match your stack.