Most larger tech companies have successful home-grown platform products. Things like front-end boilerplates, one-click environment builders, data generators, and design systems. You might be working on one of them!

Once they’re established, these tools get a lot of use. They have off-the-charts ROI. People can no longer code without them! They’re so ubiquitous that everyone in the company has an opinion about them. Team members behind those tools become subject-matter experts and highly valued.

Let’s play explore ways to take down these beloved tools.
What could contribute to their early demise?
What could get in the way of the teams working on them?

Knowing how to sabotage our own product, will help us build healthier and more resilient platform products.