Lightning Talk: Developer Advocate Plays Devil's Advocate: Platform Engineering Editi...
Lightningat Platform Engineering Day North America 2025 · on Monday, 2025-11-10· at 17:00· Building B | Level 5 | Thomas Murphy Ballroom 2-3·
summary
Makes a case for not building a platform by naming exact frictions: hundreds of conversations reveal executives demand proof, teams lack budget, and platform teams don’t scale as services and apps balloon — resulting in a persistent platform team understaffing mismatch. Cites tools people actually consult (Hacker News, Stack Overflow, generative AI) and argues the productivity gains are opinionated tradeoffs; notes a concrete takeaway: Kubernetes not required for everyone.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:45Platform engineering observations
- 3:11Platform experiences on Kubernetes
- 5:40Growth versus service demand
- 7:25Counterarguments to adoption
- 10:37Human factors in platforms
- 11:21Q&A
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