

Platform Democracy NOW! How to keep your Platform Promise with Daniel Bryant
Jul 14, 2025
47:27
More than 50% of platform engineering leads don't know how to measure the impact of their platform! Many platform projects fall into common anti-pattern traps that make the platform look great on Day 1 but fail to scale and excite on Day 2!
Daniel Bryant - who's profile tagline is "Helping you build better platforms" - is sharing his thoughts on how to measure the value of your platform, how to avoid common anti-patterns and why he believes that the future of platform engineering is in Platform Democracy!
And of course, we wrap everything up with a discussion around the impact of Agentic AI towards platform engineering. So - tune in!
Here the links we discussed
Daniel's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbryantuk/
Platform Engineering Book for Technical Product Leaders: https://www.amazon.de/Platform-Engineering-Technical-Product-Leaders/dp/1098153642/ref=asc_df_1098153642
Platform Engineering Day Talk: https://www.syntasso.io/post/syntasso-at-platengday-london-presentation-recap
Kratix Website: https://www.kratix.io/
Ai-Driven Platform Engineering Blog: https://www.syntasso.io/post/what-we-learned-building-a-prototype-ai-driven-dev-interface-for-kratix
Platform Democracy: https://www.syntasso.io/post/platform-democracy-rethinking-who-builds-and-consumes-your-internal-platform
Platform Anti Patterns: https://www.syntasso.io/post/platform-building-antipatterns-slow-low-and-just-for-show
Slide Deck on Platform Engineering for Devs and Architects: https://speakerdeck.com/danielbryantuk/platform-engineering-for-software-developers-and-architects-redux
Daniel Bryant - who's profile tagline is "Helping you build better platforms" - is sharing his thoughts on how to measure the value of your platform, how to avoid common anti-patterns and why he believes that the future of platform engineering is in Platform Democracy!
And of course, we wrap everything up with a discussion around the impact of Agentic AI towards platform engineering. So - tune in!
Here the links we discussed
Daniel's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbryantuk/
Platform Engineering Book for Technical Product Leaders: https://www.amazon.de/Platform-Engineering-Technical-Product-Leaders/dp/1098153642/ref=asc_df_1098153642
Platform Engineering Day Talk: https://www.syntasso.io/post/syntasso-at-platengday-london-presentation-recap
Kratix Website: https://www.kratix.io/
Ai-Driven Platform Engineering Blog: https://www.syntasso.io/post/what-we-learned-building-a-prototype-ai-driven-dev-interface-for-kratix
Platform Democracy: https://www.syntasso.io/post/platform-democracy-rethinking-who-builds-and-consumes-your-internal-platform
Platform Anti Patterns: https://www.syntasso.io/post/platform-building-antipatterns-slow-low-and-just-for-show
Slide Deck on Platform Engineering for Devs and Architects: https://speakerdeck.com/danielbryantuk/platform-engineering-for-software-developers-and-architects-redux