--- title: "Microservices Platforms - part 8: Getting started with platforms" url: https://daily.dev/posts/microservices-platforms---part-8-getting-started-with-platforms-wrlmsrkuq source_url: http://microservices.io/post/architecture/2026/06/03/qconsf-microservices-platforms-part-8.html type: article source: "Microservices.io" published: 2026-06-03T22:56:22.364Z updated: 2026-06-03T22:56:40.352Z tags: ["architecture", "leadership", "microservices", "distributed-systems", "platform-engineering"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microservices Platforms - part 8: Getting started with platforms **[Microservices.io](https://daily.dev/sources/microservicesio)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Part 8 of a series on microservices platforms examines why up to 70% of platform engineering teams fail to deliver impact. Drawing on years of experience, the author outlines common failure patterns and offers guidance on how to increase success rates — including building services first, forming dedicated platform groups, and adopting a customer-focused mindset when building the thinnest viable platform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microservices Platforms: When Team Topologies Meets Microservices Patterns - part 1](https://daily.dev/posts/microservices-platforms-when-team-topologies-meets-microservices-patterns---part-1-r1dftuwk7) · Microservices.io · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Why Up to 70% of Platform Engineering Teams Fail to Deliver Impact](https://daily.dev/posts/why-up-to-70-of-platform-engineering-teams-fail-to-deliver-impact-3vztkzoyo) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership), [#microservices](https://daily.dev/tags/microservices), [#distributed-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/distributed-systems), [#platform-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/platform-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microservices-platforms---part-8-getting-started-with-platforms-wrlmsrkuq)