E42 - Simplicity at Scale: Cleaning House for Platform Teams with Brian Childress
Published: December 17, 2025
Duration: 40:46
Why do so many “modern” platforms feel slow, fragile, and painful to work on?
Platform engineer and fractional CTO Brian Childress joins Cory to discuss how over-engineering, resume‑driven development, and scattered tooling quietly block teams from shipping value. They explore why simplicity is a competitive advantage for platform teams, especially as AI becomes part of everyday development.
You’ll learn:
How to design a simple platform MVP that developers actually like usingWhat a good local‑to‑prod story looks like (and why it’s the real scaling superpower)Practical ways to onboard humans and AI tools s...