The Perils of Platforms Becoming Plumbing
This year, the rash of cost optimization and benefit rationalization conversations happening across industries has platform owners on their heels. So I made a presentation about it.
Just a quick update this month; I wanted to let you know that my most recent software industry analysis presentation is now available on my personal website.
For the last several years, I have had the tremendous fortune and honor of being asked to speak at the CarMax DevOps Days internal developer conference. They give me a tremendous amount of flexibility in choosing my topic. This year, I didn't have to cast about for one very long; the rash of cost optimization and benefit rationalization conversations happening across industries has platform owners on their heels.
So I decided to talk about it.
You can check it out here:
https://matthewreinbold.com/2025/09/30/platformsAsPlumbing
Enjoy your changing seasons, and I'll be back to our regular programming in October. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pack for an upcoming, in-person event storming session I'm facilitating later this week.