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Beyond the Platform Façade: Escaping the Portals and Pipelines Trap
Learn more about the platform engineering portals and pipelines antipatterns, and understand why platform orchestration is essential

Daniel Bryant
Jul 296 min read


The Internal Platform Scorecard: Speed, Safety, Efficiency, and Scalability
A good internal platform is one that delivers speed, safety, efficiency, and scalability to meet the evolving needs of software teams.

Daniel Bryant
Jul 116 min read


Why Platform Orchestrators Are the Missing Link in Your Internal Developer Platform
For many years, my peers and I have been discussing the concept of building “golden paths” for developers. These golden paths lead the...

Daniel Bryant
Jul 107 min read


The Missing Middle: Why Platform Orchestration is the Key to Better Developer Platforms
You can follow the supposed “best practices” in building an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and still end up with something people...

Ikpemosi Victoria Braimoh
Jun 25 min read


Top 10 Platform Engineering Takeaways from PlatEngDay & KubeCon London 2025
Platform Engineering was the hottest topic in the room at KubeCon, even edging out AI from my perspective! Here are my top 10 observations

Daniel Bryant
Apr 175 min read


Platform Orchestration and the Three Layers of Modern Platforms
Earlier in the month, I had the privilege of presenting two talks about platform orchestration at the JAX London event.

Daniel Bryant
Oct 15, 20242 min read


The Future of Platforms: The Invisible Glue Between Backstage and Terraform (Webinar Recap)
A webinar summary of “The Future of Platforms: The Invisible Glue Between Backstage and Terraform” with Abby Bangser and Daniel Bryant

Daniel Bryant
Oct 2, 20246 min read


When Backstage Met Terraform – and Platform Orchestrators (Webinar Recap)
In our most recent webinar, we delved into the intriguing convergence of Terraform and Backstage, two pivotal technologies reshaping the lan

Daniel Bryant
Jul 30, 20244 min read


PlatformCon 2024 Recap: Watch the Syntassians Speak!
The Syntasso team have enjoyed participating in PlatformCon London Live and the online event this week! We'll share more of our thoughts...

Daniel Bryant
Jun 13, 20242 min read


Platform Engineering: Orchestrating Applications, Platforms, and Infrastructure
Learn more about platform orchestration, application choreography, and infrastructure composition.

Daniel Bryant
Feb 29, 20246 min read
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