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A comprehensive enterprise development platform enabling teams to build, deploy, and operate cloud-native applications with ease.
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The IPCEI-CIS Developer Framework provides everything you need to deliver modern applications at scale.
Built on open standards and battle-tested technologies.
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Explore the platform's architecture with interactive C4 diagrams. Understand the system design, components, and deployment topology.

**Dive into the architecture →**
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Learn how to contribute to this documentation. Write content, test locally, and understand the CI/CD pipeline.

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Access the previous version of our documentation including historical project information and early architecture decisions.

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## What's in the Platform?

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### 🚀 Developer Experience
- **Backstage Portal** - Self-service platform
- **GitOps Workflows** - Automated deployments
- **Golden Paths** - Best practices built-in

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### 🛠️ Infrastructure as Code
- **Crossplane** - Cloud resource provisioning
- **ArgoCD** - Declarative GitOps
- **Terraform** - Infrastructure automation

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### 📊 Observability
- **Prometheus & Grafana** - Metrics & dashboards
- **Loki** - Log aggregation
- **OpenTelemetry** - Distributed tracing

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## Get Started

Whether you're a **platform engineer**, **application developer**, or **technicalWriter**, we have resources for you:

- 📖 Read the [Architecture Overview](/docs/architecture/highlevelarch/) to understand the system
- 🏗️ Explore [Platform Components](/docs/architecture/) and their interactions
- ✍️ Learn [How to Document](/docs/documentation/) and contribute to this site
- 🔍 Browse [Legacy Documentation](/docs/v1/) for historical context

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