Daniel Bryant
@danielbryantuk
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Building platforms @Syntasso | News/Podcast @InfoQ | Web 2.0 coder, platform engineer, Java Champion, CS PhD | cloud/K8s, APIs, IPAs, running | learner/teacher
London, UK
Joined May 2009
It's getting real now! We've entered the proofing stage for "Mastering API Architecture" by @Jim__Gough, @mattyaubz, and myself 🤩 Huge thanks to @samnewman and @devstefops for their feedback and back cover quote, and also to @sarahjwells for writing an amazing foreword! 🙌
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We partnered with a few startups to rent out the largest aquarium in the United States just for KubeCon.
🐋 What do Beluga whales and Kubernetes have in common? Come find out on Nov 12. Join The New Stack, @useblacksmith, Edera, @minimusio, @Syntasso, and @Tailscale for Night at the Aquarium — an exclusive, after-hours reception during #KubeCon. 🔗 RSVP now →
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Check out the slides from our @syntasso webinar yesterday, "Beyond the Platform Façade: Why Portals and Pipelines Aren’t Enough", that @a_bangser and I presented 📺 https://t.co/U02d2PncFN
speakerdeck.com
As enterprises embrace platform engineering, many teams are starting with developer portals, workflow engines, and CI/CD pipelines to offer self-service…
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Excited to be speaking at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America this year in Atlanta, alongside @shwetavohra1, @ramiyengar, and @danielbryantuk! We’re diving into a panel that asks some uncomfortable but necessary questions about platform engineering. Everyone’s doing it, but
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Another much-requested post from the @syntasso team and me, "Beyond the Platform Façade: Escaping the Portals and Pipelines Trap" 🍿 https://t.co/sFsMdQ0GfA
syntasso.io
Learn more about the platform engineering "portals and pipelines" antipatterns, and understand why platform orchestration is essential
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"Great internal platforms don’t emerge from ad-hoc automation or isolated tooling choices; they're built with intentionality around the core attributes that matter: speed, safety, efficiency, and scalability." My latest @syntasso blog! https://t.co/YuY0cfp3Vf
syntasso.io
A good internal platform is one that delivers speed, safety, efficiency, and scalability to meet the evolving needs of software teams.
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Mocking gRPC in Spring Boot Microservice Integration Tests with WireMock https://t.co/NBP0ii97Fu by Tom Akehurst, reviewed by @danielbryantuk
infoq.com
Mocking gRPC services allows you to validate gRPC integration code during your tests while avoiding common pitfalls such as unreliable sandboxes, version mismatches, and complex test data setup...
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A fantastic vlog from @lucamezzalira about the @QCon London experience! It was awesome to be a small part of this 🙌
Are conferences still worth it in 2025? This video is my honest take, straight from @QCon #London. WATCH IT NOW: https://t.co/qnDA1qYtNL I’ve spent years in tech, building, learning, leading. But something happens when you're in a room full of thoughtful people who are just
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Check out my top 10 takeaways of #KubeCon and #PlatEngDay: 1/ KubeCon still has a tech- and tool-first mindset 👩💻 2/ There is some “IDP” platform/portal confusion 🤔 3/ People are starting to see portal-first pitfalls 🚧 4/ ... Full post:
danielbryantuk.medium.com
Platform Engineering was the hottest topic in the room at KubeCon, even edging out AI from my perspective!
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You may find that focusing on your producer persona brings more platform capabilities and your customers happy. @syntasso
https://t.co/PUFod1YKH0
thenewstack.io
You may find that focusing on your producer persona brings more platform capabilities and your customers happy.
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My latest blog post: "Platform Building Antipatterns: Slow, Low, and Just for Show" - Ticket Systems: Slow 🐌 - Raw Cloud/Kubernetes Access: Low(-level) ⚙️ - Templates-as-a-Service: Just for show 🕺 https://t.co/4W8VZLXzMS
syntasso.io
Recognising these antipatterns is essential to building platforms that empower devs, ops, and, critically, everyone else in your org.
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Platform Building Antipatterns: Slow, Low, and Just for Show https://t.co/bnvtNHQdPn < I like this take from @danielbryantuk and the @syntasso crew. In some cases, this anti-pattern platform is worse than no platform at all.
syntasso.io
Recognising these antipatterns is essential to building platforms that empower devs, ops, and, critically, everyone else in your org.
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The InfoQ Trends Reports 2024 eMag https://t.co/T7gf3YiGeX authored by @InfoQ, reviewed by @danielbryantuk
infoq.com
This special edition of The InfoQ eMag, contains a comprehensive collection of our popular InfoQ Trends Reports from 2024, a year with both evolution and revolution within the landscapes of technol...
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If you need some mind food after all the holiday food and are interested in software architecture then the "Architecture Middle Path" podcast series that Asanka Abeysinghe @asankama and I do will fill you up: https://t.co/oOq6ittJ1H Some of our recent guests have included Paul
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Dive into the world of software architecture with our podcast, where we take an engaging and pragmatic approach to exploring its intricacies. Join industry v...
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A big thanks to @jkriggins for summarising my #kcduk talk about platform engineering! 🙌
Platform engineering addresses the limits of DevOps by introducing a middle-out strategy. @jkriggins explains how it integrates top-down portals with bottom-up tools like Kubernetes, reducing developer overload and streamlining operations. Is your platform ready?
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EP 14: Platform Engineering for Architects, @sanjiva and I teamed up with @danielbryantuk to talk about platform engineering from a software architecture perspective—covering product mindset, APIs, IDPs, and more. https://t.co/VwAk5ch0AU
#Podcast #PlatformEngineering
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Fantastic work by @mpredli and the team! And the associated podcast featuring @ixchelruiz and @gunnarmorling is outstanding! 🎙️
InfoQ Java Trends Report - December 2024 https://t.co/2IKrch2giH authored by @mpredli, @bazlur_rahman, @costlow, @johanjanssen42, @karsilz, Ben Evans, Holly Cummins, Grace Jansen, Emily Jiang, Ivar Grimstad, Andrea Peruffo, reviewed by @danielbryantuk
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Building out your platform top down from the portal, or bottoms up from the infrastructure? How about middle-out with a focus on platform engineering and everything a service? That's a key point in this article from @jkriggins and @danielbryantuk ...
thenewstack.io
A developer portal works top-down. Terraform and Kubernetes have teams building bottom-up. What about a platform engineering strategy that works from the middle out?
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Many thanks, Saim! 🙏
My fav talk from #KubeCon SLC 2024 by @danielbryantuk, how platform architecture influences software architecture and vice versa, this comes up a lot during this year's discussions I've, highly valuable points to grab on 👏🎬👉
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Platform Engineering: The Pioneers Who Built It | By @TechManTalking with @ajchantw, @benh, @mipsytipsy, @matthewpskelton, @samnewman, @kaspar_official, @danielbryantuk, @a_bangser, @jckgld
#DevOps #PlatformEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment
https://t.co/eESP5N8n9q
thenewstack.io
Many developers and IT thinkers have been working for years to find better ways of developing software. Here are the stories of some of the people who created platform engineering.
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