https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Metrics feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/05/platform-golden-bricks/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Metrics <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/platform-golden-bricks/en/headerimage/platform-golden-bricks-header-1779109898033.jpg"/><p>Platform engineering should have a product focus, as developers are customers; they must provide composable, self-service capabilities, golden bricks rather than rigid golden paths, so teams can move quickly while maintaining consistency. Success is measured through adoption, developer experience, and business outcomes such as deployment frequency and change failure rate.</p> <i>By Ben Linders</i> Feedback Developer Experience Risk Architecture Metrics Platform Engineering GOTO Conference Culture & Methods news Thu, 21 May 2026 11:35:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/05/platform-golden-bricks/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Metrics Ben Linders 2026-05-21T11:35:00Z /news/2026/05/platform-golden-bricks/en