Common platform team mistakes and how to avoid them
summary
Platform teams that survive and scale write meaningful software (not just run open source or hand out infra) and require operational ownership of critical services so code is maintained and migrations actually succeed. Prioritize evolving V1s over risky V2 rewrites, harvest successful app-level tools like Temporal before standardizing, and validate demand by seeing roadmap commitments, beta signups, or production traffic rather than polite interest. Communicate impact to stakeholders with concise value stories, not raw dashboards.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Platform engineering challenges
- 3:20Mistake one: platform teams
- 7:55Building without demand
- 12:06Avoid V2 projects
- 16:57Stakeholder mismanagement
- 23:38Assessing your platform team
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