In the Great Netflix Bake Off, creating machine images is the technical challenge. In the Great British Bake Off, that’s the round of the competition where the contestants receive a limited recipe missing key steps like temperature, timing, etc, to test their skills. In engineering terms, it’s when no one on the internet has solved your problem yet. This is a technical deep dive into how I used tools like Spinnaker, Springboot & Packer to create a platform service with cross-team appeal while having to figure out obscure errors with no search results. With this talk, you can rise to the challenge and be the star baker of your team.