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This week, I joined some of our executive customers for a private dining experience at Hutong in the Shard. It was wonderful to connect personally in such a stunning setting with delicious food. A fantastic evening I hope we can repeat in the New Year.

As I think about wrapping up the year, I want to share the top five ways I've seen platform engineering initiatives fail, based on 100's of customer discussions and my own decade of platform-building experience. buff.ly/3YNnD2h

There’s something special about delivering a talk in your home town. Many thanks to everyone who attended my keynote speech for Digit Expo in Edinburgh and asked such great questions! 🙌 Another packed room! I snapped this photo myself beforehand!

The CNCF Platforms Working Group needs your input! After the Platform Engineering Maturity Model's success, we're now focusing on Platform-as-a-Product. Can you share your real-world experiences by completing our survey?

Okay ... things just got interesting! AWS and GitLab have just announced an integrated AI offering to accelerate software innovation and developer productivity: GitLab Duo with Amazon Q 👀 buff.ly/4gbFdoh

Why is getting access to IT systems such a painful experience? In this months article I share the most common issues I see developers have when starting with a new platform, and what platform engineers can do about them. buff.ly/4giHjlF

Excitement builds in the Ross household as we kick off the annual Brandy Butter competition! My eldest is optimistic that 2024 is his year to take the (chocolate) crown this year! 🎄🥃🧈👑

Happy festive everyone! 🎄❄ However you choose to spend this festive period, I wish you and your loved ones the very best!

Tensions are high in the Ross household, as the boys prepare for the Constructors Cup (of hot chocolate)! Last year we saw some very imaginative uses of icing sugar to help the structure endure more thumps from my rolling pin! 🏠🔨🍬

Busy today re-stocking our wood supplies so that we can continue to cozy up around a real fire over the festive period! I bring the wood, my boys keep the fire going, and my wife makes the best hot chocolate! 🪵🔥☕️

"we in tech have a tendency to see every challenge through the lens of technology, searching for technical solutions to what are often fundamentally human problems. " - buff.ly/3WM4EVN

This month on my newsletter, I lay out the basics of creating an AI strategy for your platform engineering initiative. I take a look behind the hype and dive into why I think there's more to AI than code generation. Let me know what you think! buff.ly/4hSimhA

My contribution to ✨CNCF Content Club✨ is now live! It's not too late to join in - just publish your own thoughts about Team Topologies in the Real World, leave me a comment, and I'll ask the other contributors to help boost on their social media. buff.ly/4hF7Gn5

Is your company guilty of metrics misuse? Have DORA metrics been weaponised to compare the productivity of teams or individuals? Maybe you should send them my latest article about Metrics That Matter! 📈 buff.ly/erjNL6B

The most exciting thing about MCP is that we can start talking about ChatOps again! 😍

Who's going to be joining at the AWS GenAI Security Symposium in a few weeks? 📍Kings Place, London 🗓️ 22nd May 2025 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM 👉 Register now! buff.ly/WQHOwlK

After pecking at this article on trains and planes over the past few weeks, I've finally published my thoughts on the different challenges you face when your platform becomes mature. buff.ly/g19nLuN

Well, looky here! The New Stack were kind enough to publish my article on the importance of product teams over technologies. I'd love to hear what you think! buff.ly/wapuc3M

The hard problems in tech aren't technical. My job is about listening, interpreting and translating with curiosity and empathy. This is the monthly topic for the Platforms Community content club, so I'm sharing the story of when this lesson first sunk in. buff.ly/ZKvWmeP

Wondering what really comes next in AI? In this article, we look at what past disruptive technologies can teach us about what’s coming next (beyond the hype!) buff.ly/4wRto8N