{"podcast":{"title":"The DevSecOps Talks Podcast","slug":"the-devsecops-talks-podcast-1222637","podcast_index_feed_id":1222637,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/devsecops/feed.xml","website_url":"https://devsecops.fm","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7619951/pod_cover.png","author":"Mattias Hemmingsson, Julien Bisconti and Andrey Devyatkin","episode_count":100,"summary":"This is the show by and for DevSecOps practitioners who are trying to survive information overload, get through marketing nonsense, do right technology bets, help their organizations to deliver value and last but not the least to have some fun. Tune in for talks about technology, ways of working and news from DevSecOps. This show is not sponsored by any technology vendor and trying to be as unbiased as possible. We talk like no one is listening! For good or bad :) For more info, show notes, and discussion of past and upcoming episodes visit devsecops.fm","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T12:20:39.727308+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-devsecops-talks-podcast-1222637"},"episode":{"title":"#96 - Keeping Platforms Simple and Fast with Joachim Hill-Grannec","slug":"96-keeping-platforms-simple-and-fast-with-joachim-hill-grannec","published_at":"2026-04-01T21:50:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-devsecops-talks-podcast-1222637/96-keeping-platforms-simple-and-fast-with-joachim-hill-grannec","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-devsecops-talks-podcast-1222637","url":"https://devsecops.podbean.com/e/96-keeping-platforms-simple-and-fast-with-joachim-hill-grannec/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/a4u1in8gvbr0jiid/096-keeping-platforms-simple-and-fast-with-joachim-hill-grannec.mp3","summary":"This episode with Joachim Hill-Grannec asks: How do platforms bloat, and how do you keep them simple and fast with trunk-based dev and small batches? Which metrics prove it works—cycle time, uptime, or developer experience? Can security act as a partner that speeds delivery instead of a gate? We are always happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes, or hear from you, our listeners. DevSecOps Talks podcast LinkedIn page DevSecOps Talks podcast website DevSecOps Talks podcast YouTube channel Summary In this episode of DevSecOps Talks, Mattias speaks with Joachim Hill-Grannec, co-founder of Peltek, a boutique consulting firm specializing in high-availability, cloud-native infrastructure. Following up on a previous episode where Steve discussed cleaning up bloated platforms, Mattias and Joachim dig into why platforms get bloated in the first place and how platform teams should think when building from scratch. Their conversation spans cloud provider preferences, the primacy of cycle time, the danger of adding process in response to failure, and a strong argument for treating security and quality as enablers rather than gatekeepers. Key Topics Platform Teams Should Serve Delivery Teams Joachim frames the core question of platform engineering around who the platform is actually for. His answer is clear: the delivery teams are the client. Platform engineers should focus on making it easier for developers to ship products, not on making their own work more convenient. He connects this directly to platform bloat. In his experience, many platforms grow uncontrollably because platform engineers keep adding tools that help the platform team itself: \"Look, I spent this week to make my job this much faster.\" But Joachim pushes back on this instinct — the platfo…","meta_description":"This episode with Joachim Hill-Grannec asks: How do platforms bloat, and how do you keep them simple and fast with trunk-based dev and small batches? Whic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2924,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-devsecops-talks-podcast-1222637/episodes/96-keeping-platforms-simple-and-fast-with-joachim-hill-grannec/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-devsecops-talks-podcast-1222637/96-keeping-platforms-simple-and-fast-with-joachim-hill-grannec.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}