Gregor Hohpe

Resisting commoditization is a natural instinct: being a commodity means low margins and being replaceable.

But that's the narrow scope view. making things a commodity fuels the next wave of innovation: imagine a place where electricity isn't a commodity, and think what that'd do to your ability to innovate.

so, always push to the right, as aptly shown in my gesture 😂

Kelsey Hightower thoughts on #PlatformEngineering at PlatformCon:
- your platforms host data and applications. So you better understand data or applications
-Since 1999 people struggle with copying software to a machine and making it run
- Engineering is designing around what’s already there, build around those constraints. You won’t be able to do everything brand new
- People will use AI to generate shell scripts and call it innovation

A lot of IT ambitions remain wishes: cross-functional tribes working on agile in-house microservices platforms, yet features aren't delivered any faster, customer feedback can't be incorporated, and availability is still mediocre.

The reason is often that the org just renamed existing constructs without fixing the root cause of their symptoms. It's like taking a pain killer and expecting healing.

My latest blog post on the #ArchitectElevator helps you move from renaming to reshaping: https://lnkd.in/gD85sJTB

#Platforms can start much smaller and grow much bigger than most folks imagine. A #MinimumViable platform can be a piece of documentation or agreement on common ways of working. And it can evolve into a powerful ecosystem with internal events and customer testimonials.

Content credit: Jean-Francois L.. As always, get deeper platform insights in our #PlatformStrategy book