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5 days agoPlatform Engineering: Lessons from the Rise and Fall of eBay Velocity
eBay pioneered many technologies but ultimately could not save the company despite doubling engineering productivity.
As I was putting this talk together, I happened to be watching a lot of old cartoons and reading comics from the '80s and '90s. I noticed a pattern that I felt would be a great analogy for the message I want to get across today. In so many of these shows, you've got a villain or an evil organization working towards some world domination or other malignant aims, and these are our bad guys.