Why platform teams fail and AI makes it worse | willdady.com

The author argues that platform engineering teams frequently fail by falling into reactive firefighting traps, mismanaging golden paths and guardrails, and failing to secure executive buy-in. Furthermore, generative AI accelerates this dysfunction by enabling developers to bypass weak platform teams and build unstandardized code in minutes. To succeed, platform teams must operate like product teams, establish machine-readable catalogs for coding agents, and balance infrastructure expertise with software development capabilities. Open article →