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Platform Engineering Keynote @ DevOpsCon London 2026


Keynote: How Developer Platforms Fail (And How Yours Won’t)

From the conference website: Platform engineering promises so much, from developer productivity to better operational efficiency, and yet the Trough of Disillusionment still beckons. "Over promised, over sold and over here", if you're in a company of more than 50 people and growing you're almost guaranteed to have creating a platform to help you scale safely and cost-effectively. But how do you doge the disillusionment and develop what delivers?

In this entertaining and thoughtful keynote, Russ Miles (Developer, Listener, Author and Builder of platforms) will unpack the myths around platform engineering. Touring a collection of real-world examples where platforms swim or sink through the lense of philosophy, Russ will explore the many choices you can make that will make the difference between a successful platform that your teams will love and a franken-platform that no one wants to touch.

Together we'll explore which myths hold and which fold under scrutiny so that you have the best possible chance of building a loved internal developer platform. Why? 

Because your developers are worth it(TM).

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