What we’re about
Technology platforms let us solve cool and wicked problems while standing on the shoulders of others. This meetup is for those Platform Engineers that love to design, discuss, probe and evangelise the platform technologies and scaled approaches that have helped them make a difference.
This meetup will cover a huge breadth of technology, by doers and for doers, so that we may all learn from each other.
We welcome and celebrate all people working in tech, across every race, ethnicity, country of origin, sexual orientation, visible and invisible ability – we only ask that you have a curious and open mind, and a desire to continuously push and learn!
Upcoming events
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Growing an Architecture and Its Organization for Fast Flow
Deloitte Australia, 477 Collins St, Melbourne, VI, AUAchieving fast flow—the rapid and reliable delivery of change—requires picking the right socio-technical architecture: a combination of software architecture and organizational structure suited to your context. To paraphrase Einstein, it should be as simple as possible but no simpler. Unfortunately, many enterprises fall into the trap of over-engineering their architecture while simultaneously misaligning their teams, resulting in unnecessary complexity and friction that slows delivery.
In this presentation, I describe a strategy for starting with the simplest possible socio-technical architecture for your context and then incrementally evolving it to support fast flow. You will learn about the building blocks of socio-technical architecture. I explain how organizational structures, like architectural elements, exist to solve specific problems and must evolve as those problems change. You will learn to recognize the signals that indicate when your socio-technical architecture needs to change—and how to transform it accordingly.
About Chris Richardson
Once again we are delighted to welcome Chris back to Melbourne and our Platform Engineering Meetup.
Chris is a software architect and serial entrepreneur. He is a Java Champion, a JavaOne rock star and the author of POJOs in Action, which describes how to build enterprise Java applications with frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate. Chris was also the founder of the original CloudFoundry.com, an early Java PaaS for Amazon EC2.
Today, Chris is a recognized thought leader in microservices and speaks regularly at international conferences. Chris is the author of the book Microservice Patterns.
Chris helps organizations improve agility and competitiveness through better software architecture.
He delivers consulting and training that helps organizations successfully adopt and use the microservice architecture.
Chris is the founder of a startup that is creating a platform that simplifies the development of transactional microservices.
He maintains a comprehensive set of resources for learning about microservices.19 attendees
Past events
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