# What 143 platform teams told us about keeping infrastructure alive

DevFeed: [What 143 platform teams told us about keeping infrastructure alive](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-143-platform-teams-told-us-about-keeping-infrastructure-alive-17501.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.giantswarm.io/blog/what-143-platform-teams-told-us-about-keeping-infrastructure-alive>)

Author: Oliver Thylmann

Published: 2026-09-04T10:15:45Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Giant Swarm Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/giant-swarm-blog.md>)

Topics: [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>)

Tags: [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [bare-metal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bare-metal.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [survey](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/survey.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>)

## AI overview

Giant Swarm surveyed 143 platform and infrastructure professionals about the ongoing work required to keep production platforms running. The article argues that this platform integration tax is primarily a time cost, with security, reliability, cluster management, and observability consuming engineering capacity.

## Source excerpt

The hidden cost of platform engineering isn't building your stack. It's keeping it alive. Giant Swarm surveyed 143 platform teams to find out.