My latest #KubeCon EU + #PlatEngDay summary! - From Platforms to Capabilities - Day 2 Is Where the Real Work Happens - AI Is Changing Where Platforms Add Value - Sovereignty, Regulation, and Control - What This Means for Platform Teams www.syntasso.io/post/from-bu...

From Building Platforms to Delivering Capabilities: KubeCon + PlatEngDay EU 2026 Summary

We’ve just arrived home after an exciting few days in Amsterdam for KubeCon EU 2026. Here's a summary of our key learnings from PlatEngDay and the main event.

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Many platforms solve today's problems but don’t scale. Move beyond simple tools to build platforms that pass key value tests and support long-term growth.

Three Core Principles for Sustainable Platform Design

Many platforms solve today's problems but don’t scale. Move beyond simple tools to build platforms that pass key value tests and support long-term growth.

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𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & #𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬? So are we! Dive into our annual #TrendsReport - an overview of the topics we believe architects & technical leaders should prioritize to #StayAhead of the curve. 🔗 bit.ly/4o6lKcv 💪 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫! #SoftwareTrends #InfoQ

With hiring for DevRel roles increasing and junior folks often having limited in-person presentation experience (thanks to the Covid-era), I highly recommend reading Randy's advice!

Randy Shoup@randyshoup.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Chatting today with fellow QCon organizer @danielbryantuk.com, we discussed how we prepare for talks, and I have *thoughts*, in the form of a 5-part blog series: Part 1: Preparing Yourself (medium.com/@randyshoup/...) * Sleep * Practice * Timing * Clothes * Psyching yourself up

Another much-requested post from the @syntasso.io team and me, "Beyond the Platform Façade: Escaping the Portals and Pipelines Trap" 🍿 www.syntasso.io/post/beyond-...

Beyond the Platform Façade: Escaping the Portals and Pipelines Trap

Learn more about the platform engineering "portals and pipelines" antipatterns, and understand why platform orchestration is essential

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"Great internal platforms don’t emerge from ad-hoc automation or isolated tooling choices; they're built with intentionality around the core attributes that matter: speed, safety, efficiency, and scalability." My latest @syntasso.io blog! www.syntasso.io/post/the-int...

The Internal Platform Scorecard: Speed, Safety, Efficiency, and Scalability

A good internal platform is one that delivers speed, safety, efficiency, and scalability to meet the evolving needs of software teams.

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Looking to #StayAhead in 2025? Dive deep into the critical trends shaping #SoftwareArchitecture! 🎧 Don’t miss out – watch the #InfoQ #podcast now: bit.ly/3S9Heql ⏱️ #timestamps included for easy navigation! 💪 Knowledge is power! #TrendsReport

I recommend to take a look at @danielbryantuk.com excellent talk once it's up on YouTube, great resource for strategies for internal developer platforms with references to software architecture. Platform Orchestration is the natural next step!

Catch up with our latest blog, "Platform Democracy: Rethinking Who Builds and Consumes Your Internal Platform" www.syntasso.io/post/platfor...

Platform Democracy: Rethinking Who Builds and Consumes Your Internal Platform

Platform Democracy is a model where developers, security teams, SREs, and even external service providers collaborate seamlessly.

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My latest blog post: "Platform Building Antipatterns: Slow, Low, and Just for Show" - Ticket Systems: Slow 🐌 - Raw Cloud/Kubernetes Access: Low(-level) ⚙️ - Templates-as-a-Service: Just for show 🕺 www.syntasso.io/post/platfor...

Platform Building Antipatterns: Slow, Low, and Just for Show

Recognising these antipatterns is essential to building platforms that empower devs, ops, and, critically, everyone else in your org.

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This is my last @syntasso.bsky.social blog post of the year! I've collected together our most popular content and summarised key learnings 📚 Happy New Year, everyone! 🥳 www.syntasso.io/post/syntass...

Syntasso Wrapped: Reflecting on Platform Engineering in 2024

As we close the chapter on 2024, it's time to reflect on Syntasso's progress this year in platform engineering and with Kratix.

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Many thanks for the excellent write-up, @jkriggins.bsky.social!

Jennifer Riggins@jkriggins.bsky.social · 2y ago

Have you read my summary of @danielbryantuk.com’s naming and labeling of the now emerged three layers of a platform-led business? On @thenewstack.io thenewstack.io/is-your-inte... #PlatformEngineering at its best, y’all.

www.kratix.io is a platform orchestrator, that reduces technical sprawl and the team’s cognitive load by consistently applying business processes, policies, and workflows. Listen tp @danielbryantuk.com #cloudnativefm - Ep 116 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzlF...

Platform Engineering With Daniel Bryant | Ep 116

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Benedict Evans puts together a yearly slide deck looking broadly at the industry while diving in with specific numbers and a lot of charts (90 slides). It is always a gem. via @benedictevans This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations

Looking to catch up on the latest #Jaeger v2 release? @matts.net has you covered on @infoq.com! "This release contains a significant architectural transformation, as it brings Jaeger and its components into the OpenTelemetry framework." www.infoq.com/news/2024/11...

Distributed Tracing Tool Jaeger Releases Version 2 with OpenTelemetry at the Core

Version 2 of the Jaeger project, a leading open-source distributed tracing platform, has been released. This release contains a significant architectural transformation, as it brings Jaeger and its co...

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Slides from my #TechRocks talk yesterday: "Engineering Resilience into the Foundations: Key Strategies for Building Robust Internal Development Platforms" speakerdeck.com/syntasso/eng...

Engineering Resilience into the Foundations: Key Strategies for Building Robust Internal Development Platforms

In today's rapidly evolving technical landscape, the resilience of internal development platforms (IDPs) is paramount. This presentation draws on a seri…

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« Speak to your customers ! » about #resilient #platformengineering by @danielbryantuk.com at #trsummit2024

How a good engineering platform, built with developers, Can improve software delivery lifecycle and bring resilience in our products. Great talk by @danielbryantuk.com

ICYMI, I shared my #KubeCon + #PlatEngDay key takeaways on the @syntasso.bsky.social blog last week! There were lots of talks about Kubernetes, now with added AI 🤖 😀 www.syntasso.io/post/kubecon...

KubeCon NA 2024 Key Takeaways: A Recap of Our Time in Salt Lake City

Here are the Syntasso team's top takeaways from KubeCon NA 2024 in Salt Lake City!

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I've just published my official #KubeConNA recap! 1/ Platform engineering has crossed the chasm 2/ AI was visible in the talks but less so at the booths 3/ Improving APIs, abstraction, and automation 4/ (Continued...) www.syntasso.io/post/kubecon... #KubeCon #PlatEngDay #PlatformEngineering

KubeCon NA 2024 Key Takeaways: A Recap of Our Time in Salt Lake City

Here are the Syntasso team's top takeaways from KubeCon NA 2024 in Salt Lake City!

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New Bluesky handle, who dis? 😁 bsky.app/profile/dani...

Great talk about the past, present and future of platforms from @paulalkennedy.bsky.social at #QConSF Platform as product FTW!

Great to hear from @danielbryantuk.bsky.social at #QConSF! Did you know that all @infoq.bsky.social content is crafted by software practitioners, not journalists? If you're passionate about software development, join our editorial community. Learn more: www.infoq.com/write-for-in...

Looking forward to hanging out in the Programming Languages and Paradigms #QConSF track today! And @paulakennedy.bsky.social is speaking, too!

A fascinating #QConSF insight into using CDC, DDD, Team Topologies, and more for legacy modernisation with a mainframe at National Grid qconsf.com/presentation...

Another great #QConSF architecture talk from the GitHub folks showing how they serve 400 million code completion requests a day with Copilot!

Lots of benefits for contributing to @infoq.bsky.social from @steefjan.bsky.social and Roland at #QConSF

Lots of great stories, anecdotes, and opinions (🌶️) about where to contribute to the community to raise your profile being shared by @steefjan.bsky.social and Roland at #QConSF

Great tips for building your personal brand within the IT industry from Roland and @steefjan.bsky.social at #QConSF “Sharing content on social media is the bread and butter of building a brand” Nice mentions of @infoq.bsky.social too!

Great #QConSF talk by Ian Hoffman about re-architecting Slack’s workspaces - Centralize complexity - The most efficient API call you can make is no API call - Prototype to get buy-in - Take a step back and ask the big questions (is the architecture fit for purpose?)