How to create great digital platforms for developers
The modern history of software development is one of platformization. By abstracting complexity behind self-service APIs, we make it possible for teams and organizations to move fast – and innovate even faster. When Amazon launched their first cloud service, it was based on its internal platform. As the company went through astronomic growth, these systems were made reusable, self-service and fit for public use.
Amazon Web Services is a testament to platforms’ power in solving technological challenges and scaling a business. Other organizations seek to imitate some of this success at a smaller scale: internal platforms are often positioned as a cornerstone of an organization’s IT landscape.
On paper these initiatives make sense, but in practice they often fall short of expectations. One reason they fail to become success stories lies in the fact that they were not developed as customer-centric solutions: in short, they fail to meet the needs of developers.
In this post, we take an opinionated look at what makes a good platform, what is necessary for a great platform and how we can stimulate the creation of such platforms.
What makes a good platform
A good platform will consider several dimensions, often specific to your organization. But in its barest essence, a good platform allows autonomous teams to go faster. Some of the criteria that a good platform will meet are self-service, abstraction and composability.
Martin Fowler describes a good platform as one that enables autonomous teams to move fast, naming self-service a key defining characteristic of a good platform.
A good platform always abstracts something. Exactly what and how much depends on the type of platform. Digital platforms either abstract underlying complexity (such as hardware virtualization) or combine several services that are used together.
This abstraction exists in creative tension with another aspect, that of composability. By splitting the platform up into components it becomes possible for a developer to use what is needed and possibly extend it with others.
What makes a great platform
A great platform goes beyond a list of checkboxes: it attracts participants by creating value and speaking in a language they understand. This is a difficult thing to get right. The most effective way to do so is to put developers front and centre and work backwards from their needs.
It is not uncommon for organizations to work backwards from capabilities and attempt to design a platform that can do everything. The tendency to do so comes from a good place: by centralizing common concerns it becomes possible to reduce risks and costs. Such initiatives seemingly follow all the rules of what makes a good platform, but often fail to live up to the high expectations.
That is because a platform can tick all the boxes, but fail to satisfy its users on every single one as well:
- A self-service solution that requires submission of tickets fails at eliminating interdependencies.
- An abstracted service that requires deep knowledge of the underlying process (read implementation) fails to meaningfully abstract.
- Similarly, a platform that introduces multiple unique layers of abstraction fails to simplify.
The goal of a platform is to make difficult things simpler, and it is here that many platforms struggle to find their audience – arguably because they didn’t start with one in mind.
We can apply this brand of thinking on a fictive platform, to see what it would mean to work backwards. When we fail to do so, we end up with platforms that do not solve the right problems and therefore fail to become the success stories we wish for.
For illustrative purposes, we will use a simplified example of an organization that requires teams to run containerized web applications. Since every team has been (re-)implementing similar patterns of load-balanced containers on shared compute, it has been decided that everyone will standardize on Kubernetes with a default set of instructions in the form of Helm Charts. Kubernetes empowers developers to implement these specific patterns in a reusable manner.
Was doing so the correct decision? Maybe, but to understand whether the platform will be great requires asking the right questions. So, what is the user experience we want developers to have on the platform?
Now imagine we bring up the courage and ask them. It seems that most teams are not infrastructure specialists, and would prefer to program web applications instead of orchestrating deployments. Ideally, they want to provide the platform with a code artefact and receive a fully hosted and scalable web application back.
It hardly matters which technology you pick here, as the solution is found by meeting the platform users with the right level of abstraction. Instead of exposing a Kubernetes cluster, the platform is much more likely to succeed if developers receive an API to deploy new applications. Whether or not those applications run on a centrally managed cluster is irrelevant to the developer.
Is abstracting everything away always the best approach? Hardly, some platforms are fairly complex, just look at AWS. But the example here was chosen intentionally: in many cases such a simple process is the experience developers wish for. And when it is not, working backwards will allow you to figure out what is.
How to stimulate great platforms
Why do many internal platforms fail to be developer-centric? Much of it is due to the monopolistic position platforms enjoy within the company: if there is only one mandated option, then no incentives exist to rigorously pursue a better experience. It is here that organizations can make a disproportionate difference to their success by applying a few principles:
- Do not mandate a solution. If it truly solves a problem, it will find an audience.
- Stimulate competition between platforms and accept that platforms can co-exist.
- Measure platform success by how well it empowers developers to do more.
Tying everything together can be more art than science, but hopefully this short perspective will assist you on your own journey towards building great platforms.


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BLAINE, Minn. APRIL 20, 2021 – Crown, a global leader in the oilseed processing industry, is also a key partner to new ventures and long-time manufacturers seeking to develop, test, toll process and scale up plant-based protein sources. The growing demand for high quality, plant-based proteins is dictated by a combination of land-use pressures, greenhouse gas concerns, and the projected world population increase of 2 billion by 2050. As alternatives to animal-based proteins, plant-based proteins offer a more sustainable way to feed the world.
While broad consumer awareness of plant proteins surged only recently, Crown’s experience spans more than 50 years. During the past five decades, Crown has provided custom engineered plant protein concentrate solutions and equipment for human food, animal feed and aquaculture, including more than 25 completed projects worldwide. Crown’s plant protein technologies support a broad range of plant-based inputs such as white flake, soybean, canola/rapeseed, sunflower and legumes among others. Using the most efficient extraction technology, Crown’s plant processing operations allow customers to produce consistent products with the highest quality protein content. Soy protein concentrate produced from Crown-supplied plants is recognized as highest quality market standard.
“Crown full lifecycle approach provides new and existing plant protein manufacturers with proven expertise at every step,” says Bill Antilla, General Manager, Crown Global Companies. “From feasibility, trials and toll processing to full-scale commercial operations, Crown partners with customers to help them achieve their growth and profitability goals.”
To leverage Crown’s process engineering ingenuity, customers now have access to Crown’s Global Innovation Center which features a 15,000 square-foot fully functional pilot plant. This state-of-the-art facility provides a controlled, confidential environment to test and develop new products, processes and operational modes. A recent industry advancement includes Crown’s novel dehulling system that maximizes protein yield in both rapeseed/canola meal and protein concentrate. Operated with a PLC, the pilot plant has data trending and data storage capabilities while the analytical lab provides the means to monitor product quality and make timely adjustments. Using Crown’s world-class technology, customers can produce demonstrated quantities of plant proteins for feeding trials and other testing purposes to determine the best products to bring to market. “Backed by Crown’s process engineering expertise, our Innovation Center enables plant-protein manufacturers to test, toll process and scale up in an efficient, continuous manner while mitigating risks,” says Antilla.
For manufacturers seeking scalability, Crown offers tailor-designed facilities to match plant protein production requirements. Crown’s immersion technology can process up to 500 MTPD of feed material without cleaning as it does not contain screens, pumps or hoppers. Crown’s percolation technology achieves capacities of up to 1,000 MTPD and features new profile screens with a patented coating and a redesigned screen wash system to promote improved percolation. Both technologies utilize continuous process innovations including a patented Miscella Clean-up System to support the best uptime in the industry and deliver margins 10 – 20 times higher than commodity oil and meal products.
To further sustainability measures for plant-protein manufacturers, Crown equipment is built to minimize environmental impact while ensuring the lowest operating cost in the industry. Manufacturers benefit from zero effluent due to recirculated water; minimal ethanol loss due to recovery, cleaning and re-use; the highest steam efficiency in the market due to recovery and economization; and Crown’s Model IV immersion extractor significantly reduces electrical consumption due to small extractor drives and no circulation pumps.
Crown, a division of CPM Holdings Inc., is a 142-year-old, Minnesota-based, global company with additional offices in the United Kingdom, Argentina, Brazil, China, Germany, Honduras, Mexico, The Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine. Crown currently employs 250 people worldwide. For more information, visit: www.crowniron.com.

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Producers in Texas' Winter Garden area can benefit from data provided through the TexasET (Evapotranspiration) Network and website, according to experts from Texas AgriLife and a regional agribusiness consultant.
TexasET is a project of the Irrigation Technology Center and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, according to the TexasET website at http://texaset.tamu.edu.
According to the site, evapotranspiration, or ET, is the total amount of water plants need to grow and develop and includes how much water plants transpire and the amount of moisture lost through evaporation. Atmospheric factors affecting ET include temperature, wind, solar radiation and relative humidity.
"The TexasET Network and website uses data from weather stations set up throughout the state and provides daily ET summaries, irrigation requirements for crops, and other information such as heat units," said Guy Fipps, an AgriLife Extension agricultural engineer who oversees the network. "There are currently eight online weather stations throughout the Winter Garden area, and two temporarily offline with communication problems."
The TexasET Network was begun in 1995 and over the next few years expanded to a total of six weather stations in Bexar and Uvalde counties. Each station had a local sponsor including the San Antonio Water System, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde, the AgriLife Extension office for Uvalde County and several private farms.
In 2004, the Winter Garden network was expanded to 12 weather stations located in Bexar, Dimmit, Frio, Medina, Uvalde and Zapata counties as a part of the Precision Irrigators Network, or PIN, project. This project, initiated through the Texas AgriLife Research and Experiment Center in Uvalde, was a joint research-Extension-producer project funded by the Texas Water Development Board and supported by area conservation districts. The project ended in 2009, and its funding covered most of the costs of these weather stations while it was active.
"The PIN project’s mission was to help area farmers reduce irrigation-water use, meet any applicable watering restrictions and maintain good crop yield and quality,” said Dr. Bill Holloway, the Uvalde center's resident director of research. “And while that mission remains the same, what we’re doing to achieve that mission has changed."
Holloway said while PIN was successful in helping many Winter Garden producers develop methods to maximize irrigation efficiency, the loss of the project's lead researcher to private industry and changes in research methodology by the new lead researcher for such water conservation projects have negated the center’s need for these stations.
"In addition, producers involved in the PIN project also used to help us by sharing responsibility for weather station staffing and maintenance, and budget cuts have made it difficult to find funds to keep them up," he added.
Fipps said that now Precision Irrigation Network research has ended, Winter Garden producers who once obtained data from those weather stations and irrigation recommendations from the PIN program can now get that data, along with additional information and applications, from the TexasET Network and website.
He said Winter Garden data related to evapotranspiration will benefit area producers trying to determine "the proper amount of irrigation to maximize crop yields while conserving valuable water resources."
The TexasET Network will now be responsible for gathering data from Winter Garden-area weather stations and will assume oversight of the stations, said Marvin Ensor, AgriLife Extension's West regional program director for agriculture and natural resources.
"However, with a reduction in available funds, we found alternative funding sources and developed new partnerships to help with the resources needed to maintain the weather stations," Ensor said. "Fortunately, based on our initial contact with Winter Garden producers and agribusinesses, most appear to be willing to support these efforts."
He added that data from the weather stations has not only been useful to Winter Garden producers, but also area residents needing atmospheric information to help them make decisions related to agribusiness operations and land-management activities.
"TexasET provides irrigation recommendations and other information differently than the way the PIN program did," Fipps said. "TexasET allows data acquired from these and other weather stations throughout the state to be highly 'customizable' for Winter Garden producers, as well as other producers throughout the state."
"This is a sophisticated system with a lot of functions," he said. "The website has calculators producers can use to adapt the data to their specific needs. They can even set up profiles of their farms and the crops they produce, and set up automatic emails sent to them daily or weekly with customized irrigation recommendations."
"Weather stations in the Winter Garden which provide data to the TexasET Network will give producers here the kind of information they need to make informed decisions about irrigation," said Charles Stichler, a crop consultant in the region. "I use the site to get data on water use and to apply it toward keeping 'water balance sheets' for some of the producers I work with. I get information on heat unit accumulations, crop water use and daily ET."
Stichler said the network and website provide information producers need to help them fulfill Natural Resources Conservation Service requirements for water management practices as part of the agency’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which provides per-acre payments to producers for efforts to conserve water resources.
"Most importantly, the network and website are useful decision-making tools for Winter Garden producers in determining their irrigation scheduling," he added.


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Fantastic colouring - I love how you highlighted her hair! As always, I am in awe of your design and colouring skills. It's a pleasure to view your art at Jackson's Digital Expressions. Thanks for playing!
She is lovely! The coloring is fabulous. Thanks for joining the challenge at Jacksons Digital Expressions. Love your cards!
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Cute image. Love the colors together...great coloring.

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The weather is absolutely gorgeous today. It is the first day that we have hit over 60 degrees and spring is in the air. In my book, good weather means a good mood and good moods tend to mean baking. I was home this weekend and I got to reunite with my stand mixer. Some people miss their pets, some miss their beds, others miss showering without shoes...I miss my mixer.
I made these great mini chai tea muffins for study night. It was a ton of fun and I loved that the recipe incorporated such great spices and was pretty light. I made large ones to leave at home for the family and they said they were great! I can't wait to try the mini ones :)
Typically I bake on Tuesdays, the night before study night, but now that I already baked, I am not sure what to do with my time. I did have tons of homework, but I was able to work on most of it while at work. Plus the fact that it is so nice out is making me really want to throw something together tonight just for fun...
It is Oreo's 100th birthday...maybe I'll have to do some cookies and cream bars or something. Anyone else celebrating one of the greatest cookie's birthdays?
Anyways, here is the recipe for my lovely little chai tea muffins (they were originally cupcakes, but I decided to nix the frosting and just enjoy them the way they are):
Mini Chai Tea Muffins (from Cooking Ala Mel)
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup skim milk
4 chai tea bags
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare mini muffin tins. This recipe will make about 5 dozen mini muffins (I made 4 dozen and then 6 large muffins).
2. Heat milk over medium-low heat until it simmers. Turn heat off, put in tea bags, and let it seep for 10 minutes.
3. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and the 4 spices.
4. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time until well combined. Mix in the applesauce.
5. Mix in 1/3 of the dry ingredients, then 1/2 of the milk, then 1/3 of dry, 1/2 milk. and final 1/3 of dry. For each addition, mix until just incorporated.
6. Fill cupcake holes about 1/2 full and bake for 10-12 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

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"[This] knowledgeable man manages to impart his wisdom in a manner that is beautifully clear and concise."
– Sandi Sedgbeer, editor, PlanetLightworker Magazine
"Jim is a voice for the Earth, giving us much needed inspiration and information about living in harmony. And he is, as I consider myself to be, a practical teacher in the realm of Spirit. . . . A marvelous guide."
– Brooke Medicine Eagle, author, Buffalo Woman Comes Singing
"Jim Ewing writes with deep compassion and love."
– Sandra Ingerman, author, How to Heal Toxic Thoughts
“If you have observed the subtle, completing forces of nature steadily withdrawing from the land and our food in response to relentless waves of industrial synthetics and poisons, then this book will guide you in finding honest ways of bringing them back in their essential, nurturing goodness. Conscious Food is a banquet of agrarian insight.”
– Steven McFadden, author of The Call of the Land, co-author of Farms of Tomorrow
“Jim Ewing’s Conscious Food reminds us, eloquently and plainly, that even our daily bread is a sacrament. In its growing, in its cooking and in its eating, food deserves our honor and respect. Ewing thoroughly explores the reasons why our contemporary ‘Industrial Food’ system is broken, and then tells us how to mend our relationship with the earth and soil that nourish us--through careful growing practices, spiritual awakening, and mindfulness. If you’ve ever wondered why a peach grown by loving hands tastes better than a peach from a mechanically harvested tree, Conscious Food will show why that’s true.”
– Robin Mather, senior editor, Mother Earth News, author of The Feast Nearby
"In our current times more and more books about holistic living are being published. Too many of the authors have the theory of wholeness, yet disconnect the subject matter of their books. This is an error that Jim Pathfinder Ewing has avoided as he skilfully blends the ingredients of the land, the culture of the land, the growing of food and its consumption into one seamless whole. This is the way of a writer to whom a holistic way of life is a reality, rather than a theory. I thoroughly recommend this book and its valuable insights."
– Michael J. Roads, author, Conscious Gardening


UNIGE researchers have developed an approach that combines genomics and machine learning tools to explore the microbial biodiversity of ecosystems.
Microorganisms perform key functions in ecosystems and their diversity reflects the health of their environment. However, they are still largely under-exploited in current biomonitoring programs because they are difficult to identify. Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, have recently developed an approach combining two cutting edge technologies to fill this gap. They use genomic tools to sequence the DNA of microorganisms in samples, and then exploit this considerable amount of data with artificial intelligence. They build predictive models capable of establishing a diagnosis of the health of ecosystems on a large scale and identify species that perform important functions. This new approach, published in the journal Trends in Microbiology, will significantly increase the observation capacity of large ecosystems and reduce the time of analysis for very efficient routine biomonitoring programs.
Monitoring the health status of ecosystems is of crucial importance in a context of sustainable development and increasing human pressure on the environment. Different species of micro-organisms sensitive to changes in their surroundings are used as bio-indicators for monitoring environmental quality. However, their morphological identification requires a lot of time and expertise. “A year ago, we were able to establish a water quality index based solely on the DNA sequences of unicellular algae present in the samples, without needing to visually identify each species”, explains Jan Pawlowski, Professor at the Department of Genetics and Evolution of the UNIGE Faculty of Science.
Use DNA sequences without having to identify them
Genomic tools make it possible to quickly and very accurately describe the biological communities inhabiting an environment. However, a large proportion of the data cannot be used to conduct environmental health diagnoses because many DNA sequences are not referenced in existing databases. The species that possess these sequences are therefore unknown, as well as their ecological role. “In order to exploit all environmental genomics data, namely all the biodiversity of the samples, we used a machine learning algorithm”, notes Tristan Cordier, a member of the Geneva group and first author of the study.
The biologists used samples of different known ecological quality status, ranging from good to bad, from which they sequenced the DNA. The combination of this information allowed them to build a reference system with the data from each sample. “A predictive model was then developed with this algorithm, based on our training data. These include data from reference diagnoses and data from the sequencing of unknown species”, says Jan Pawlowski. This model is refined and validated over time by including new reference samples to the existing training dataset.
Discover new bio-indicators
The combination of these two cutting edge technologies makes it possible to obtain ecological values for DNA sequences without having to identify them. Species of microorganisms, already described or not, performing important functions can be discovered through this approach, as well as new bio-indicators. “Our research shares some similarities with the research on the human microbiome. Both aim to unravel microbial communities and identify biomarkers that can be used as powerful diagnostic tools to detect environmental pollution or human disease”, concludes Tristan Cordier.
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Chiinabets is one of Toronto’s hottest new underground rappers and has decided to bring his music to the main stage with a double single release as a lead-in to his upcoming self-titled EP expected later in the fall. Honing his skills on the underground circuit, he’s grown his fanbase which has been demanding he step to the plate as a representative for one of the hottest Hip Hop markets in North America.
Kicking off the double debut, Chiinabets teams up with Hip Hop strongman, Young Smoke for the single “Trees” where the pair tag team on a dedication to their ride-or-dies.
His second single “My Slime” has Chiinabets on the solo tip where he spits about party life.
Chiinabets dropped a debut that is a cool introduction to a hot new voice from Toronto and he joins a unique group of artists who’ve contributed to the fabric of the music world. His EP should be something special.
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Fred Thompson Still Just A Tease
J.J. Jackson | June 1, 2007
Mr. Thompson is creating a committee that will let him begin raising money towards a full-blown national campaign, supporters said today. They hope his high name recognition as an actor and radio commentator, his conservative stands on issues like immigration and government spending, and his strength in the South will differentiate him from a field that has not yet struck a chord with the Republican base.The disclosure of his intensifying activities sent ripples through the party today, with the campaigns of two of the main Republican candidates checking with their deputies in Iowa and New Hampshire to monitor any hiring or fund-raising efforts by Mr. Thompson. One campaign held a brief strategy session to review poll results on Mr. Thompson, and found him well-positioned even as an unannounced candidate.
His moves come as Republicans have failed to coalesce around a candidate, as they struggle with the war in Iraq, President Bushâ€™s unpopularity and questions about the partyâ€™s ideological direction. That has created the potential for someone to fill a void in a campaign field that, judging by polls and other reaction, has left Republican voters wanting more.
â€œThompson is a credible conservative, he has a strong voting record, he has strong, almost Reagan-esque communication skills,â€ said Scott Reed, who managed the presidential campaign of Republican Bob Dole in 1996 and who is unaffiliated with any campaigns. â€œAnd like Reagan, he believes in an ideological agenda in an undiluted way. He doesnâ€™t have a bunch of qualifiers on things when he defends the Reagan years.â€
Iâ€™ve said it before and I will proudly say it again. This country doesnâ€™t need another Reagan. It needs someone better than Reagan. It needs omeone that will not be lulled into believing you can grant amnesty to illegals and that you can count on liberals to curb spending and maintain limited government among other things including fighting against terrorists and the states that sponsor them.Â Not a single candidate in the Republican field fits that bill so far.
But, Fred Thompson is still nothing more than a â€œteaseâ€ at this point anyway. Although he is looking like he is going to have a very stronger showing in next weekâ€™s T-shirt Straw Poll based on the number of items we are selling for different candidates. Stay tuned for those results on Monday.
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