Platforms Are Abstractions
Platforms are abstractions1. Effective platform teams offer other teams the right abstraction, and this shouldn’t be a single standardized abstraction.
The goal should be to offer a range of abstractions without overloading the choices. Talk to the workload teams, understand their preferences, and offer them the right abstraction.
Run your platform team as a company. If your customers are not buying, you’re not doing the right job.
Platform engineering is about providing the right abstractions.