platforms as contracts
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Platforms as Contractsa model for evaluating tough technical choices
by: John Feminella
at: SpringOne Platform
on: August 2, 2016
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Thinking about platforms
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platform connects suppliers and consumers
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application platform connects operators to developers
How do you decide to use a platform?
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How do you evaluate a platform?
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A question
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🌍web server
💻web client
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🌍web server
💻web client
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🌍ask for some content
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🌍agree to talk the same language
💻HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.1
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GET / HTTP/1.1Host: example.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OKDate: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 12:34:56 GMTContent-Type: text/plainContent-Length: 42
Hello and welcome to SpringOne Platform!
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Why did this work?
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🌍protocol correctly implemented
💻HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.1
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🌍network infrastructure correctly configured
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ultimately about people, not technology
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choosing an application platform is hard
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ΔV: value chain
ΔV: cost-benefit
ΔT: delivery speed
strategic alignment
regret minimization
choose your poison!
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but is it helping people?
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A different evaluation strategy
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🌍an agreement between parties
💻HTTP/1.1
HTTP/1.1
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🌍a contract
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HTTP/1.1
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what makes a contract?
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three specific ingredients
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has consideration
is conscionable
entered into knowingly
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are you getting that from your platform?
file an ops ticket to edit environment variables
must include a deployment.xml
stateless applications
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and what do you get in exchange?
maintains health of apps
consistent deployments regardless of environment
robust to instance and AZ failures
getting more
giving more
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getting more
giving more
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impossible big
small unconscionable
getting more
giving more
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platforms
infrastructure augmented infrastructure
getting more
giving more
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Mesos
Kubernetes PaaSTA
Cloud Foundry
Tibco Silver Fabric
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
bare metalDocker Swarm
people > technology
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Takeawaysevaluate on what you’re getting vs. what you’re giving
encourages consideration of the people and effort involved
no platform technology is a panacea
it’s never about technology; it’s always about people
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