Platform Engineering on Santiago Hurtado | System Architect

Engineering Beyond Delivery: Shared Responsibility for Outcomes

Sun, 17 May 2026 17:40:37 +0200

The Isolation Pattern #

Engineers are trained to execute. You get user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria, then deliver against them. The system should handle X concurrent users, scale to Y nodes, and respond in under Z milliseconds. Those are real constraints, and meeting them takes serious work.

But here is the question nobody asks enough: how many devices in the field are actually running the latest version, and how many users actively use what we built? What does success look like for the product, not just for the current sprint?

What is a Platform? Infrastructure as a Product

Sun, 10 May 2026 14:30:00 +0200

In the world of engineering, we often talk about “systems” and “products,” but the real differentiator for scaling is the Platform. As teams grow and systems become more complex, shifting from manual setup to a structured, product-centric approach is essential.

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Defining the Platform: Infrastructure as a Product #

A platform is more than just a set of tools. It is a reliable way to ship software that handles the difficult parts of the infrastructure for you.