I’ve seen a few teams build internal dev platforms with great intentions: standardized tooling, faster onboarding, less cognitive load. But adoption often seems like the hardest part.

Would love to hear what worked (or didn’t) for folks here. Did you build it from scratch or stitch together existing tools? Was usage organic or did you have to push it hard internally? Any lessons on what made people actually use it?

Also open to stories where it didn’t work out. Did you end up switching to an off-the-shelf option later?