Repeated infrastructure journeys
Many teams solve the same environment, deployment, observability, or access problem in slightly different ways.
Cognitive load is visible
Product engineers spend meaningful time learning infrastructure details unrelated to the customer problem.
Controls arrive late
Security, cost, and reliability findings repeatedly appear after teams have committed to an implementation path.
A product owner exists
A sustainable platform needs a team accountable for developer outcomes, adoption, support, and lifecycle—not only infrastructure uptime.
Start with one paved road and measure whether it improves flow before broadening the platform surface.