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4 Platform Bets I Got Wrong (And What They Cost)
Four enterprise platform bets I got wrong at Volkswagen, E.ON, Bundesdruckerei, and Nelly — and what each cost. Hard lessons for platform leaders in DACH.
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Cross-IndustryObservabilityPlatform EngineeringGovernance
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5 Signs Your Enterprise Platform Needs a Product Leader, Not Another Architect
Enterprise platforms fail because nobody treats them as a product. Five signs I've seen across Allianz, Volkswagen, E.ON, Bundesdruckerei, and Gesund.de.
Cross-IndustryCloud PlatformObservability
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7 Things I Learned Building Enterprise Platforms for Germany's Biggest Companies
Seven lessons from a decade at E.ON, Allianz, Volkswagen, Bundesdruckerei, and Gesund.de. What actually matters when building enterprise platforms in Germany.
Cross-IndustryEnergyCloud Platform
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How I self-hosted an AI chat on my portfolio (and why I stopped)
I ran my own LLM on a GPU. Cold starts killed the experience. Here's the real tradeoff between quality, speed, and money when you self-host inference.
GovTechData + AI PlatformReference Architecture
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