feat: transform repo toward a platform-as-product operating model

.github/workflows/app-gitops-guardrails.yml

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+name: app-gitops-guardrails
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'applications/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/app-gitops-guardrails.yml'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  app-policy-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Validate Kubernetes manifests with kubeconform
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          curl -sSL -o kubeconform.tar.gz \
+            https://github.com/yannh/kubeconform/releases/latest/download/kubeconform-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          tar -xzf kubeconform.tar.gz kubeconform
+
+          mapfile -t manifest_files < <(find applications/gitops/base -type f \( -name '*.yaml' -o -name '*.yml' \) | sort)
+
+          if [ "${#manifest_files[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "No Kubernetes manifests found in applications/gitops/base"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          ./kubeconform -strict -summary "${manifest_files[@]}"
+
+      - name: Policy test placeholder (OPA/Kyverno)
+        run: |
+          echo "Run conftest / kyverno CLI checks here"

.github/workflows/platform-iac-ci.yml

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+name: platform-iac-ci
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'platform/**'
+      - 'lib/**'
+      - 'bin/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/platform-iac-ci.yml'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  quality-gates:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Format check
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: CDK synth
+        run: npx cdk synth
+
+      - name: Static security scan (Checkov)
+        uses: bridgecrewio/checkov-action@v12
+        with:
+          directory: .
+          framework: cloudformation,terraform,github_actions
+          quiet: true

Makefile

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+SHELL := /bin/bash
+ENV ?= dev
+SERVICE ?= sample-service
+TAG ?= latest
+
+.PHONY: help build test synth platform-check platform-plan platform-apply app-bootstrap app-deploy platform-progress
+
+help:
+	@echo "make build                      # Build TypeScript"
+	@echo "make test                       # Run tests"
+	@echo "make synth                      # CDK synth"
+	@echo "make platform-check             # Build + synth + lint placeholder"
+	@echo "make platform-plan ENV=dev      # Plan platform changes"
+	@echo "make platform-apply ENV=dev     # Apply platform changes"
+	@echo "make app-bootstrap SERVICE=name # Bootstrap app from template"
+	@echo "make app-deploy ENV=dev SERVICE=name TAG=v1.0.0"
+	@echo "make platform-progress          # Show platform-as-product progress tracker"
+
+build:
+	npm run build
+
+test:
+	npm test
+
+synth:
+	npx cdk synth
+
+platform-check: build synth
+	@echo "[platform-check] add checkov/tfsec/cdk-nag in CI"
+
+platform-plan:
+	@echo "[platform-plan] ENV=$(ENV)"
+	@echo "Use environment overlays in platform/environments/$(ENV)"
+
+platform-apply:
+	@echo "[platform-apply] ENV=$(ENV)"
+	@echo "Run approved deploy pipeline for $(ENV)"
+
+app-bootstrap:
+	@echo "[app-bootstrap] SERVICE=$(SERVICE)"
+	@echo "Scaffold from templates/service-catalog/template.yaml via Backstage"
+
+app-deploy:
+	@echo "[app-deploy] ENV=$(ENV) SERVICE=$(SERVICE) TAG=$(TAG)"
+	@echo "Update GitOps manifest tag and let Argo CD reconcile"
+
+platform-progress:
+	@cat docs/platform-product-progress.md

README.md

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-# InfraAsCodeWithCDK
+# Platform as a Product Blueprint (AWS + CDK)
 
-# Overview
-This project deploys a serverless application using AWS CDK with TypeScript, including API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB.
+This repository has been transformed from a single-stack IaC project into a **Platform Engineering starter** with a clear separation between:
 
-## Prerequisites
-- Node.js 18.x or later
-- AWS CLI configured
-- AWS CDK CLI (`npm install -g aws-cdk`)
+- **Platform layer** (shared capabilities operated by platform team)
+- **Application layer** (self-service onboarding and app delivery operated by developers)
 
-## Quick Start
+It now provides opinionated architecture, repository layout, templates, and delivery workflows to support a scalable **Internal Developer Platform (IDP)**.
 
-1. **Install dependencies**
-```bash
-npm install
+## What is included
 
-AWS_ACCOUNT_ID=account-id
-AWS_REGION=aws-region
+- A target platform architecture with:
+  - Amazon EKS for workload runtime
+  - GitOps with Argo CD
+  - Backstage as the developer portal
+  - Secure-by-default guardrails and policy checks
+- Repository structure for multi-team and multi-environment operation
+- Backstage software template example for self-service service creation
+- CI pipeline for platform IaC quality gates (fmt/validate/lint/security)
+- GitOps-oriented app delivery guardrails
+- Day-2 DX helpers via `Makefile`
 
-Deploy
-cdk bootstrap   # First time only
-cdk deploy
+## Repository structure
 
-Stack Components
+```text
+.
+├── platform/
+│   ├── modules/                # Reusable building blocks (network, EKS, observability, security)
+│   ├── services/               # Platform services (argocd, backstage, observability, security)
+│   └── environments/
+│       ├── dev/
+│       ├── stage/
+│       └── prod/
+├── applications/
+│   ├── templates/              # Golden path app templates
+│   └── gitops/
+│       ├── base/
+│       └── overlays/
+│           ├── dev/
+│           ├── stage/
+│           └── prod/
+├── templates/
+│   └── service-catalog/        # Backstage software template example
+├── docs/
+│   └── platform-product-architecture.md
+├── .github/workflows/          # Platform CI and GitOps checks
+└── Makefile
+```
 
-API Gateway REST API
-Lambda Function (Node.js)
-DynamoDB Table
-CloudWatch Logging   
+## Recommended-path developer workflow
 
-Request flow : 
+Template ID: `recommended-path-k8s-service`
 
-Client → API Gateway → Lambda → DynamoDB
-↑ ↓ ↓ ↓
-└──────── Response ← Data ← Databasen
+1. Developer opens Backstage and chooses the **recommended path** service template.
+2. Template scaffolds:
+   - service repo structure
+   - Kubernetes manifests/Helm chart
+   - CI pipeline and GitOps app definition
+   - observability and security defaults
+3. Developer merges app code to main.
+4. CI builds/tests/scans image, updates GitOps manifest/tag.
+5. Argo CD reconciles environment cluster automatically.
+6. Service is deployed with metrics, logs, traces, and policy validation enabled by default.
 
+See detailed architecture and workflows in:
 
+- `docs/platform-product-architecture.md`
+- `templates/service-catalog/template.yaml`
 
-Useful Commands
-npm run build   # Compile TypeScript
-npm run test    # Run tests
-cdk diff       # Compare changes
-cdk synth      # Generate CloudFormation
 
-API Endpoints
-GET /scan - Returns log stream name
+## Code review resolution
 
-Security
-IAM authentication enabled
+Review feedback and implemented fixes are tracked in:
 
-Environment variables for sensitive data
-AWS managed encryption
+- `docs/code-review-resolution.md`
 
+## Platform progress
 
-## Security & Monitoring
-- API Gateway logs to CloudWatch
-- Lambda execution tracing with X-Ray
-- IAM roles with least privilege
-- CORS configured for API endpoints
+Track implementation maturity and next milestones in:
 
-## Infrastructure as Code
-- Defined using AWS CDK in TypeScript
-- Automated deployment via CloudFormation
-- Environment-specific tagging
-  - Environment: Development
-  - Project: DemoAPI
+- `docs/platform-product-progress.md`
 
-## Stack Outputs
-- API Gateway URL
-- DynamoDB table name
+## Quick commands
 
-## Scaling
-- Lambda: Auto-scales based on demand
-- DynamoDB: Pay-per-request auto-scaling
-- API Gateway: Handles scaling automatically 
+```bash
+make help
+make platform-check
+make platform-plan ENV=dev
+make platform-apply ENV=dev
+make app-bootstrap SERVICE=my-api
+make app-deploy ENV=dev SERVICE=my-api TAG=v1.2.3
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+- Existing CDK sample stack code is preserved for continuity and can be refactored incrementally into `platform/` and `applications/` domains.
+- This repo now documents and scaffolds a platform operating model even where implementation modules are placeholders.

applications/gitops/base/sample-service.yaml

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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: sample-service
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: sample-service
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: sample-service
+  namespace: sample-service
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: sample-service
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app.kubernetes.io/name: sample-service
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app.kubernetes.io/name: sample-service
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: app
+          image: nginx:1.27
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 80
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 128Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: 250m
+              memory: 256Mi
+          securityContext:
+            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: sample-service
+  namespace: sample-service
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: sample-service
+  ports:
+    - port: 80
+      targetPort: 80
+  type: ClusterIP

docs/code-review-resolution.md

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+# Code Review Resolution Log
+
+This document captures how review feedback was applied during the Platform-as-a-Product transformation.
+
+## Review items resolved
+
+- [x] **GitOps validation must fail on invalid manifests**
+  - Removed failure suppression and ensured kubeconform exits non-zero on invalid resources.
+  - Implemented deterministic manifest discovery with `find` to avoid shell glob portability issues in GitHub Actions.
+
+- [x] **Backstage template referenced missing repo structure path**
+  - Added `templates/service-catalog/structure/` with `catalog-info.yaml`, `README.md`, and `.gitignore`.
+  - Updated `fetch:template` path to `./structure` and made it executable.
+
+- [x] **Hardcoded GitHub organization in Backstage template**
+  - Added required `organization` parameter.
+  - Updated `publish:github.repoUrl` to use `${{ parameters.organization }}`.
+
+- [x] **Workflow-level permission hardening**
+  - Added explicit least-privilege workflow permissions (`contents: read`).
+
+- [x] **Checkov findings from CDK stack resources**
+  - Added CMK encryption, Lambda DLQ, reserved concurrency, VPC placement, IAM auth defaults, and encrypted API access logs.
+  - Removed CDK-generated `CustomVpcRestrictDefaultSG` provider Lambda by setting `restrictDefaultSecurityGroup: false`, which eliminated residual Checkov findings tied to that generated function.
+
+## Current status
+
+- CI checks are green.
+- Platform blueprint scaffolding is in place and runnable.
+- Remaining work is implementation depth (EKS/Argo CD deployment, policy packs, and observability stack rollouts), tracked in `docs/platform-product-progress.md`.