# Turning the tide: Overcoming the platform challenge of low developer adoption

DevFeed: [Turning the tide: Overcoming the platform challenge of low developer adoption](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/turning-the-tide-overcoming-the-platform-challenge-of-low-developer-adoption-57353.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/platforms/platform-engineering-challenges--a-guide-to-overcoming-an-inadeq/turning-the-tide--overcoming-the-platform-challenge-of-low-devel>)

Author: Jason Wolfe

Published: 2026-03-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Thoughtworks Insights](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/thoughtworks-insights.md>)

Topics: [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [Users](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/users.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>)

Tags: [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/growth.md>), [legacy-modernization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legacy-modernization.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [platforms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platforms.md>), [reduce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reduce.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>)

## AI overview

This article examines why internal platform engineering initiatives fail to gain developer adoption. It argues that platforms should move beyond localized toil reduction and focus on user-centric enablement, understanding different users' needs, and designing for horizontal scalability across an organization.

## Source excerpt

Turning the tide: Overcoming the platform challenge of low developer adoption