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Practical platform
engineering recipes.

A paid community for engineers building modern internal developer platforms — AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, Kubernetes, Backstage, GitHub Actions, AI tooling, homelab, and IDPs.

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One-time
$150 USD
Repos
12+ private
Members
Senior eng.
~/innerloop — babyctl
zsh

Tooling, clouds & platforms covered

AWAWS
AZAzure
GOGCP
CLCloudflare
HEHetzner
KUk8s
GIGitHub Actions
BABackstage
OPOpenAI
CLClaude
TETerraform
PUPulumi
AWAWS
AZAzure
GOGCP
CLCloudflare
HEHetzner
KUk8s
GIGitHub Actions
BABackstage
OPOpenAI
CLClaude
TETerraform
PUPulumi
What members get

Real tooling. Not slide decks.

Every membership unlocks a curated set of working repositories, infrastructure patterns, and walkthroughs you can use in production.

$ babyctl login aws|azure|gcp

Universal Cloud CLI

Connect and manage multiple clouds with one consistent developer workflow — accounts, regions, identity, and resources behind a single command surface.

backstage · plugins

Deployable Service Catalog

A ready-to-run Backstage-based catalog for tracking services, clusters, cloud accounts, DNS, and infrastructure — wired up out of the box.

.github/workflows

GitHub Actions Collection

Battle-tested CI/CD workflows, automations, notifications, and platform integrations you can drop into your org.

terraform · cloudformation · bicep

Infrastructure as Code

Reusable IaC foundations for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, and Hetzner — opinionated, modular, production-shaped.

embeddings · graph

Knowledge Service Prototype

A 'company brain' prototype connecting infrastructure, ownership, docs, and AI-assisted discovery across your platform.

chat · private

Community Access

Direct access to engineers building modern platforms and cloud infrastructure — questions, reviews, real implementations.

Topics covered

The surface area of a real platform team.

Across the community and the resources, we cover the full stack of modern platform engineering — from cloud accounts to AI tooling.

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Cloudflare
  • Hetzner
  • Kubernetes
  • EKS
  • AKS
  • GKE
  • GitHub Actions
  • Tekton
  • Backstage
  • API Catalog
  • Claude
  • Codex
  • Paperclip
  • OpenClaw
  • Hermes
  • Homelab
  • GitOps
  • ArgoCD
  • Kargo
  • Platform Engineering
  • Developer Experience
  • Observability
Example repositories

A taste of what's inside.

Members get access to the full set — these are condensed previews of what each repo looks like.

12+ repositories · growing
innerloopcommunity/universal-cloud-cli

One CLI for AWS, Azure and GCP — consistent identity, accounts, and resource ops.

private
#cli#multi-cloud#developer-experience
shellbash
$ innerloop login --provider aws --account prod
✔ assumed role arn:aws:iam::4719…:role/PlatformAdmin
$ innerloop k8s ctx --cluster eks-prod-use1
✔ kubeconfig merged · 14 nodes · 312 pods
$ innerloop get deployments --owner platform
NAME              ENV    REGION     OWNER
gateway-api       prod   us-east-1  platform
identity-svc      prod   us-east-1  platform
notifications     prod   eu-west-1  platform
Go1.3k96
updated 2d ago
innerloopcommunity/backstage-cloud-inventory

Backstage app + plugins that ingest your AWS/Azure/GCP/Cloudflare estate into a single catalog.

private
#backstage#catalog#inventory
catalog-info.yamlyaml
apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: gateway-api
  annotations:
    aws.com/account-id: "471900000000"
    cloudflare.com/zone:  edge.example.com
spec:
  type: service
  lifecycle: production
  owner: team-platform
  system: ingress
TypeScript2.1k184
updated 2d ago
innerloopcommunity/github-actions-platform-pack

A curated set of reusable GitHub Actions workflows for platform teams — build, deploy, scan, notify.

private
#github-actions#ci-cd#automation
catalog-info.yamlyaml
name: deploy
on:
  push: { branches: [main] }
jobs:
  deploy:
    uses: innerloopcommunity/github-actions-platform-pack/.github/workflows/eks-deploy.yml@v1
    with:
      cluster: eks-prod-use1
      service: gateway-api
    secrets: inherit
YAML93271
updated 2d ago
innerloopcommunity/knowledge-service

Prototype 'company brain' — connects infra, ownership, docs, and AI search across your platform.

private
#ai#rag#internal-tools
ask.tsts
const answer = await brain.ask({
  q: "who owns gateway-api in prod?",
  scope: ["catalog", "runbooks", "oncall"],
});
// → team-platform · #plat-oncall · runbooks/gateway-api.md
TypeScript61238
updated 2d ago
innerloopcommunity/preview-environments

Per-PR ephemeral environments on Kubernetes with Cloudflare DNS, secrets, and seed data.

private
#kubernetes#preview-envs#developer-experience
main.tfhcl
module "preview_env" {
  source  = "innerloopcommunity/preview-env/k8s"
  version = "0.6.2"
  pr_number = var.pr_number
  app       = "gateway-api"
  dns_zone  = "preview.example.com"
  ttl_hours = 48
}
HCL48824
updated 2d ago
innerloopcommunity/aws-cost-insights

Lightweight AWS cost & usage insights — daily summaries, anomaly nudges, per-team views.

private
#aws#finops#observability
shellbash
$ babyctl cost summary --window 7d
SERVICE          7d ($)   Δ vs prev   note
EC2              4,128    +6.1%       new c7g fleet
S3                 612    -2.3%       —
NAT Gateway      1,907   +18.4%   ⚠ anomaly · vpc-prod-1
Go35819
updated 2d ago
Why paid

A small, serious community.No fluff. No farming.

Paid keeps the bar high. It filters for engineers who actually want to build platforms, not collect bookmarks.

~ a sketch of the kind of system we ship recipes for

  • Signal over noise

    No newsletter recycling. No engagement farming. Resources are written by engineers shipping platforms, for engineers shipping platforms.

  • Practical implementations

    Working code, not architecture diagrams. Every recipe maps to a real production constraint — IAM, cost, latency, lifecycle.

  • Reusable tooling

    Drop-in CLIs, Backstage plugins, Actions, and Terraform modules — designed to be forked and adapted, not just admired.

  • Curated quality

    We'd rather ship five solid repos than fifty stubs. Everything in the org has been used to solve a real problem.

  • No 'thought leadership'

    No takes. No threads. No conference fluff. Just patterns, code, and discussion among practitioners.

  • Direct access

    Ask the people building these systems. Implementation reviews, design feedback, and post-mortems — in private.

Pricing

One-time payment. No subscription.

Pay once, keep access. No recurring billing. No auto-renewal. No seat upsells.

Membership
$150USD · one-time
No subscription
  • Access to all private repositories
  • Campfire community (real-time discussion)
  • Architecture & implementation walkthroughs
  • Design reviews and post-mortems
  • All future updates and new resources
$150 · paid once via Stripe · invoice available · 14-day refund window.

Join the community

Pay once. Get access to the private repos and Campfire community.

Secure payment via Stripe · 14-day refund policy

FAQ

Questions, briefly answered.

If something isn't covered here, email us — we'd rather answer directly than fluff out a help center.

  • 01Is this beginner friendly?
    It's targeted at engineers who already work with cloud and CI/CD day-to-day — senior engineers, platform engineers, SREs, and tech leads. You don't need to be an expert in every tool, but the resources assume you're comfortable shipping infrastructure.
  • 02How do I access the repos?
    After payment, submit your GitHub username on the success page. You'll be added to the private GitHub organization within 24 hours and receive an invite to the Campfire community.
  • 03Is this a subscription?
    No. It's a single one-time payment of $150. No recurring billing, no auto-renewal. You keep access to the community and all current and future resources.
  • 04What technologies are covered?
    AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloudflare, Hetzner, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), GitHub Actions, Backstage, Terraform, Pulumi, GitOps tooling, AI tooling (Claude / OpenAI), homelab, and internal developer platforms.
  • 05Will more resources be added?
    Yes — new repos, walkthroughs, and patterns are added regularly. Membership includes access to everything that ships in the future.
  • 06Is there a refund policy?
    No refunds. This is a private community with immediate access to everything — chat, configs, videos. Once you're in, you're in. Make sure this is for you before joining.