#Platform Engineering
4 articles
Reading Platform Engineering Through Systems Thinking
Platform engineering and systems thinking seem to share a lot of ground. This post puts that hunch into words by applying stocks, flows, delays, archetypes, and leverage points to read platform behavior and the failures that keep recurring.
Viability Conditions for Building a Platform
How do you decide whether to build an internal platform? This article organizes the viability conditions from the perspectives of core/supporting/generic subdomains, comparison with external services, leverage, and organizational capacity, and examines how far domain analysis alone can take you.
What's the Difference Between Product Development and Platform Development?
Exploring how product development and platform development differ across three dimensions — decision criteria, design philosophy, and investment perspective.
What is Platform Engineering? Building Internal Developer Platforms
Learn what platform engineering is, how internal developer platforms (IDPs) work, and how platform teams reduce cognitive load and improve developer productivity.