{"podcast":{"title":"Reliability Enablers","slug":"reliability-enablers-6320409","podcast_index_feed_id":6320409,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2473001/s/120870.rss","website_url":"https://read.srepath.com/s/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2473001/s/120870/abfe10d2208d01555e256a06fdbdb005.jpg","author":"Ash Patel & Sebastian Vietz","episode_count":71,"summary":"Audio conversations around reliability, especially around enabling it across teams and organizations","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T00:20:34.814387+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reliability-enablers-6320409"},"episode":{"title":"#60 How to NOT fail in Platform Engineering","slug":"60-how-to-not-fail-in-platform-engineering","published_at":"2024-10-01T12:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reliability-enablers-6320409/60-how-to-not-fail-in-platform-engineering","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reliability-enablers-6320409","url":"https://read.srepath.com/p/60-how-to-not-fail-in-platform-engineering","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/149602222/fe55c76447e8dcab2a7d6f74a1162e08.mp3","summary":"Here’s what we covered: Defining Platform Engineering * Platform engineering : Building compelling internal products to help teams reuse capabilities with less coordination. * Cloud computing connection : Enterprises can now compose platforms from cloud services, creating mature, internal products for all engineering personas. Ankit’s career journey * Didn't choose platform engineering; it found him. * Early start in programming (since age 11). * Transitioned from a product engineer mindset to building internal tools and platforms. * Key experience across startups, the public sector, unicorn companies, and private cloud projects. Singapore Public Sector Experience * Public sector : Highly advanced digital services (e.g., identity services for tax, housing). * Exciting environment : Software development in Singapore’s public sector is fast-paced and digitally progressive. Platform Engineering Turf Wars * Turf wars : Debate among DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering. * DevOps : Collaboration between dev and ops to think systemically. * SRE : Operations done the software engineering way. * Platform engineering : Delivering operational services as internal, self-service products. Dysfunctional Team Interactions * Issue : Requiring tickets to get work done creates bottlenecks. * Ideal state : Teams should be able to work autonomously without raising tickets. * Spectrum of dysfunction : From one ticket for one service to multiple tickets across teams leading to delays and misconfigurations. Quadrant Model (Autonomy vs. Cognitive Load) * Challenge : Balancing user autonomy with managing cognitive load. * Goal : Enable product teams with autonomy while managing cognitive load. * Solution : Platforms should abstract unnecessary complexity while still giving teams the autonomy…","meta_description":"Here’s what we covered: Defining Platform Engineering * Platform engineering : Building compelling internal products to help teams reuse capabilities with…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1834,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reliability-enablers-6320409/episodes/60-how-to-not-fail-in-platform-engineering/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reliability-enablers-6320409/60-how-to-not-fail-in-platform-engineering.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}