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Platform Engineering PodcastAuthor: Cory O'Daniel, CEO of Massdriver
The Platform Engineering Podcast is a show about the real work of building and running internal platforms hosted by Cory ODaniel, longtime infrastructure and software engineer, and CEO/cofounder of Massdriver. Each episode features candid conversations with the engineers, leads, and builders shaping platform engineering today. Topics range from org structure and team ownership to infrastructure design, developer experience, and the tradeoffs behind every it depends. Cory brings two decades of experience building platforms and now spends his time thinking about how teams scale infrastructure without creating bottlenecks or burning out ops. This podcast isnt about trends. Its about how platform engineering actually works inside real companies. Whether you're deep into Terraform/OpenTofu modules, building golden paths, or just trying to keep your platform from becoming a dumpster fire youll probably find something useful here. Language: en Genres: Business, Careers, News, Tech News Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Simplicity at Scale: Cleaning House for Platform Teams with Brian Childress
Episode 42
Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
Why do so many “modern” platforms feel slow, fragile, and painful to work on?Platform engineer and fractional CTO Brian Childress joins Cory to discuss how over-engineering, resume‑driven development, and scattered tooling quietly block teams from shipping value. They explore why simplicity is a competitive advantage for platform teams, especially as AI becomes part of everyday development.You’ll learn:How to design a simple platform MVP that developers actually like usingWhat a good local‑to‑prod story looks like (and why it’s the real scaling superpower)Practical ways to onboard humans and AI tools so both can contribute fasterWhere teams introduce unnecessary complexity with Kubernetes, microservices, and NoSQLHow to think about scaling in three dimensions: users, developers, and featuresWhy good architecture, docs, and decision records make AI more useful, not lessHow to spot and avoid resume‑driven development before it explodes your platformWhether you’re cleaning up a messy stack or trying to keep a young platform from drifting into chaos, this conversation gives you concrete patterns for keeping things simple while still scaling teams, systems, and features.Guest: Brian Childress, Platform engineer and fractional CTOBrian Childress is an accomplished Software Engineer, Architect and Fractional CTO. For over a decade Brian has developed applications in healthcare, finance, and consumer products. Brian has spoken internationally on topics such as application security and developer tooling. Brian spends his free time researching and teaching the latest in application and API security design and best practices.Brian Childress, websiteBrian Childress, XLinks to interesting things from this episode:ReplitLovable
