docs: advanced guide

Author: tianzhou

content/blog/platform-engineering-tools-advanced-guide.md

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+title: 'How to Pick Platform Engineering Tools in 2025: Advanced Guide'
+author: Tianzhou
+updated_at: 2025/02/20 09:00:00
+feature_image: /content/blog/platform-engineering-tools-advanced-guide/banner.webp
+tags: Industry, Hidden
+featured: true
+description: Introduce the advanced tools for platform engineering. Covering CD, security, workflow orchestration, database development workflow, and internal development portal.
+---
+
+This is the second of a two-part series exploring the tools that power modern platform engineering teams:
+
+1. [Platform Engineering Tools: Essential Guide](/blog/platform-engineering-tools-essential-guide/)
+1. Platform Engineering Tools: Advanced Guide (this one)
+
+---
+
+As your platform engineering practice evolves, your team can begin to explore more specialized, domain-specific tools.
+In this post, we will cover the advanced tools for platform engineering.
+
+We pick ArgoCD, Snyk, Temporal, Bytebase, and Cortex as the platform engineering advanced toolkit. They are categorized based on their strategic use cases:
+
+- **Unbundling GitHub**: ArgoCD for continuous deployment, Snyk for software supply chain security.
+- **Tools designed for large teams**: Temporal for workflow orchestration, Bytebase for database development workflow, Cortex for internal development portal.
+
+## [ArgoCD](https://argoproj.github.io/argo-cd/) - Continuous Deployment
+
+If your infrastructure is on Kubernetes. ArgoCD will provide a Kubernetes-native, declarative GitOps
+approach to application deployment and management. It continuously monitors and syncs applications
+with the desired state defined in Git repositories, offering seamless integration with Kubernetes clusters. ArgoCD’s features, like easy rollbacks, multi-cluster management, and a visual UI for monitoring application health, make it well-suited for Kubernetes environments. For an enhanced ArgoCD experience, consider exploring [Akuity](https://www.akuity.io/), founded by the creator of ArgoCD.
+
+_Alternatives:_ [Flux](https://fluxcd.io/)
+
+## [Snyk](https://snyk.io/) - Software Supply Chain Security
+
+While [GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS)](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/learning-about-github/about-github-advanced-security) provides a solid foundation for platform engineering teams, it may not offer the breadth needed for more mature teams managing diverse tools and environments (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, containers, IaC).
+
+Snyk is a dedicated security platform, offering broader coverage for dependency, container, and infrastructure security. It integrates seamlessly with a variety of platforms (GitHub in particular) and provides comprehensive security automation.
+
+Snyk has its own dashboard and UI where you can manage security issues across various projects and repositories. It enhances collaboration between your platform engineering and security teams, providing a streamlined and efficient security experience.
+
+_Alternatives:_ [aikido](https://www.aikido.dev/)
+
+## Summary

content/blog/platform-engineering-tools-essential-guide.md

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 Platform engineering adoption has surged in recent years. To better understand the landscape, we interviewed over 100 platform teams about their challenges and the tools they rely on. Drawing from these insights and our own experience, we have curated a list of essential platform engineering tools. This is the first of a two-part series exploring the tools that power modern platform engineering teams:
 
 1. Platform Engineering Tools: Essential Guide (this one)
-1. Platform Engineering Tools: Advanced Guide (TBD)
+1. [Platform Engineering Tools: Advanced Guide](/blog/platform-engineering-tools-advanced-guide/)
 
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 - **Comprehensiveness**. A single tool can cover multiple aspects of platform engineering.
 - **Strong ecosystem**. A robust ecosystem ensures that tools can integrate seamlessly with others. It's also easier to find help and resources when you have a strong ecosystem.
 
-As your platform engineering practice evolves, your team can begin to explore more specialized, domain-specific tools. Stay tuned for our upcoming advanced guide, where we’ll dive deeper into the tools that support larger, more complex environments.
+As your platform engineering practice evolves, your team can begin to explore more specialized, domain-specific tools. Check out the [advanced guide](/blog/platform-engineering-tools-advanced-guide/), where we’ll dive deeper into the tools that support larger, more complex environments.