Why your Platform Monolith is Probably a Bad Idea

München Kubernetes/Cloud Native Meetup

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1. @duffleit
   Your Platform Monolith
   is Probably a Bad Idea
   @duffleit
   WHY
   

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2. @duffleit
   Your Platform Monolith
   is Probably a Bad Idea
   @duffleit
   WHY
   

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3. @duffleit
   DAVID LEITNER
   Principal Engineer
   👋 david@squer.io
   🌎 @duffleit
   

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4. @duffleit
   Strong
   Governance
   

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   High
   Autonomy
   🤯
   🤯
   🤯
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6. @duffleit
   Strong Governance
   Full
   Freedome
   Optimal
   Environment
   ⚡
   Frustration 😔
   Chaos 🤯
   

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7. @duffleit
   Complex Subsystem Teams
   Stream-aligned Teams
   Enabling Teams
   Platform Teams
   High
   Autonomy
   Developer
   Platform
   Design System
   IoT Hub
   

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8. @duffleit
   An Abstraction provides a
   higher-level vocabulary
   that shields the user from
   the underlying complexity.
   Gregor Hohpe
   

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   A platform is a foundation of self-
   service APIs, tools, services,
   knowledge and support which are
   arranged as a compelling internal
   product. Autonomous delivery teams
   can make use of the platform to
   deliver product features at a higher
   pace, with reduced co-ordination.
   Evan Bottcher
   

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    Internal
    Developer
    Platform
    internaldeveloperpla,orm.org
    

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    Your Platform
    Base Platform Base Platform
    Your Platform
    Sinking Platform 😔
    Base Platform
    Your Platform
    Floating Platform ⛴
    

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    Platform Team
    

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    Platform Team
    

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    Platform Team
    📔
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    Platform Team
    📔
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    Platform Team
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    Platform Team
    📔
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    Sub Platform Sub Platform Sub Platform
    Bootlneck
    Many Concnerns
    S
    Blast radius
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18. @duffleit
    Platform Team
    📔
    📔
    📔
    📔
    Sub Platform Sub Platform Sub Platform
    Bootlnecks
    Many Concnerns
    S
    Blast radius
    Management
    Complexity
    🔎
    🔎 🔎
    🔎
    🔎
    🤯
    Costs
    Individual scale
    Properties
    Fine Grained
    SLAs
    Easy Cost
    Tracking
    

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19. @duffleit
    🚢
    Monolithical
    Platform
    ⛵
    ⛵
    ⛵
    ⛵
    🧑✈
    Distributed
    Platform
    With Central Onwerhsip
    

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    🚢
    Monolithical
    Platform
    ⛵
    ⛵
    ⛵
    ⛵
    🧑✈
    Distributed
    Platform
    With Central Onwerhsip
    Enourmous
    Blast radius
    

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    ⛵ ⛵
    ⛵
    ⛵
    🧑✈
    Distributed
    Platform
    With Central Onwerhsip
    Management
    Complexity
    🚢
    Monolithical
    Platform
    Enourmous
    Blast radius
    

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22. @duffleit
    You don’t want to operate the ship.
    You want to be the dockyard.
    

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    👧 🧑
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    👧 🧑
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    📑
    

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25. @duffleit
    Demo 🚀
    Distributed Platform
    with Decentralized Ownership
    

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    👧 🧑
    🧑
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    📑 📑
    DB Operator
    Postgres
    Cluster
    📑
    Responsibility
    Mirror Maker
    

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27. @duffleit
    Ok,
    Let’s sum up.
    

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28. @duffleit
    👧 🧑
    🧑
    Monolithical
    Platform
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    🧑
    Vericalized
    Platform
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    🧑
    Distributed
    Platform
    👧 🧑
    🧑
    👧 🧑
    🧑
    Decentralized
    Platform
    👧
    🧑
    🧑
    📑
    Decreased Blast Radius 🔥
    Independat Opertions 👨🏭
    Fine-grained SLAs and Scale 🚀
    Cost Transparency 💰
    Simplicity 🌱
    

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29. @duffleit
    Your Platform Monolith
    is Probably a Bad Idea
    WHY
    

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30. @duffleit
    Your Platform Monolith
    is Probably a Bad Idea
    …once you leave simple territories,
    & enter Platform Engineering at scale.
    WHY
    

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31. @duffleit
    Don’t let your platform become
    your organizational bottleneck
    and your resilience issue.
    Safely and sustainably reduce
    lead time to thank you.
    Daniel Terhorst-North
    

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32. @duffleit
    DAVID LEITNER
    Principal Engineer
    👋 david@squer.io
    🌎 @duffleit
    

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