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Most Internal Developer Platforms fail not because of technical limitations, but because they're built like infrastructure projects rather than products developers want to use. Drawing from our combined experience of implementing platforms across enterprises and different use cases, this talk provides practical insights into designing platforms that create real value. We'll explore why traditional infrastructure-first thinking leads to low adoption and how a product mindset transforms platform success. You'll learn how to identify actual developer needs, implement the right level of abstraction, and create platforms that evolve with your organization. Highlighting practical patterns for managing technical debt, implementing effective self-service capabilities, and measuring platform success through meaningful metrics will round up the session. You'll leave with concrete strategies for building platforms that developers choose to use rather than are forced to adopt.
Speaker
Max Körbächer
Founder and Technology Advisor @Liquid Reply | CNCF Ambassador | Linux Foundation Europe Advisory Board Member | Founder and Emeritus Lead of the CNCF Environmental Sustainability TAG
Max is Founder and Technology Advisor at Liquid Reply. He is CNCF Ambassador, Linux Foundation Europe Advisory Board member and Founder and Emeritus Lead of the CNCF Environmental Sustainability TAG. Max focuses on platform engineering to simplify the current challenges of complex systems in the cloud native space and author of Platform Engineering for Architects. Besides, Max organizes Kubernetes Community Days in Munich & Ukraine, and Kubernetes & Cloud Native Meetup in Munich.
