A 2025 Atlassian report found that 50% of developers surveyed lose more than 10 hours a week to overhead work that’s not development. But Jouke Visser said on the frontend, the situation may be even worse — because the ecosystem grew so fast.
Platform engineering can help, according to Visser, who is a platform engineering ambassador for the frontend. He is also the founder and chief architect at FrontenderZ, a specialist consultancy dedicated to helping large enterprises design, build and scale internal frontend development platforms. We…








