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Platform Engineering··8 min read

Your Platform Serves 95% of Requirements and 60% of Services

A platform that handles any individual requirement 95% of the time fully serves about three services in five, because coverage multiplies rather than averaging. That gap is why exception requests never stop arriving, and why an escape hatch is structural rather than a concession.

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