Francesca
Carta
Area Manager at Mia-Platform
"Platform Engineering is not about tech"
"Platform Engineering is not about tech"
24 - 8:30 AM EDT/New York (See in local time)
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05/24/2025 8:30 AM
05/24/2025 08:50 AM
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Session: Platform Engineering is not about tech
"What are we using for pipelines? Which infrastructure do we support? Is service mesh enabled?”. These types of questions - revolving on tech choices and implementation - currently occupy most of the conversations around platform engineering.According to most evidence, though, these are not the only things that make a cloud-native platform successful: cultural change, communication and collaboration, reorganized processes, shared vision and roadmap - among others - play a key role in determining the success of platform transformation. If we don’t address change comprehensively, the risk is that in a few years we’ll discover that platforms are not bringing the results we expected.
In this talk we’ll see some key aspects that are often overlooked in implementing a platform and how it’s possible to address them along the way. We’ll also share some of the pitfalls and lessons we learned in our experience, supporting large and small organizations in building their cloud-native platforms.
Key Takeaways
- The goal of Platform Engineering is to provide a better self-service developer experience.
- Technology and organization are closely connected
- Changing people's habits is actually one of the most challenging tasks.
- Most platforms fail due to collaboration issues.
- The biggest challenge is not building the platform but ensuring that people love it
Bio
Francesca Carta is Delivery Manager at Mia-Platform and is responsible for simplifying product use and adoption. With a background in philosophy, she brings a unique perspective to technology. For the past six years she has been responsible for managing the development of an Internal Developer Platform for developers in Cloud Native. Francesca is dedicated to making technology accessible to everyone. Through critical thinking and a drive for innovation, she aims to make a positive impact.