Platform Engineering

TCP#99: Platform engineering is load reduction, not tooling

Platform success is not adoption charts.

Feb 11 • Amrut Patil

TCP #97: Your platform has 99.9% uptime. Your engineers still can't ship

Uptime metrics show green dashboards while PR queues grow. High performers measure cycle time instead. Here's why.

Feb 1 • Amrut Patil

TCP #96: When Centralized Platforms Win and When Federated Wins

Most organizations miss the pattern and apply one model everywhere.

Jan 28 • Amrut Patil

TCP #94: Fast CI/CD Won't Fix Your Slow Deployments

It's not your tooling. It's not your pipeline.

Jan 21 • Amrut Patil

TCP #92: Why the "fastest" platform teams keep failing

The pattern I've seen repeat for 11 years, and how to break it.

Jan 16 • Amrut Patil

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TCP #68: Platform Engineering That Actually Works

From Zero Adoption to 90% in Six Weeks

Jun 4, 2025 • Amrut Patil

TCP #49: SLI vs. SLO vs. SLA: What Every Platform Engineer Needs to Know

A strategic guide to defining the right metrics for platform reliability, cost efficiency, and developer velocity.

Mar 23, 2025 • Amrut Patil

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