Why you should build a platform
The case for adopting platform architecture and platform thinking
Make it better, every day of the week
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Exactly. Spot on!
As programmers, if we haven’t made our codebase a little bit better (or a whole lot better) for every
Explicitly Yours
Always be explicit about the inputs when exposing APIs
Products are not Platforms
A product is a conceptual whole intended to serve a specific purpose. A platform is a set of independent-yet-interlocking tools which can be externally orchestrated to create products.
Distilled : Steve Yegge's platform rant
I came across this now legendary rant by Steve Yegge 5–6 years ago. While it was amusing and interesting then, I have now been