# Platform Engineering

This section describes how to implement platform engineering practices with Octopus to manage the configuration of one or more instances and spaces at scale.

## Further reading

The book [DevEx as a Service with Platform Engineering](https://github.com/OctopusSolutionsEngineering/PlatformEngineeringBook/) provides a high level discussion of platform engineering and how it can be used to positively impact the developer experience of DevOps teams.

The [DevOps engineer’s handbook](https://octopus.com/devops/) also discusses platform engineering in the context of DevOps teams.