How developer platforms fail (and how yours won’t)

**How developer platforms fail (and how yours won’t)**

In this PodRocket episode, Russ Miles, a software development expert and educator, joins the show to unpack why “developer productivity” platforms so often disappoint, and why platform engineering works better when you treat the platform as a product and design for flow of value, not factory-style output. A few themes stood out: Platforms are habitats, not factories. Russ reframes internal platforms as environments that help teams do meaningful work with their attention, as opposed to assembly lines for “more code, faster.” You already have a platform (it’s just accidental). Every org shipping software has an internal platform, but without a product mindset you end up with fragmented “cottage industry” tooling that hurts onboarding, consistency, and learning across teams. Optimize cognitive burden, not cognitive load...

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