Pltfrm.team
Part of Earnest Ventures

Built Openly.
Run Openly.
Managed Openly.

We build the internal developer portals and infrastructure appliances that eliminate vendor lock-in. Reduce developer cognitive load and regain sovereignty over your stack.

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Open Source Core
No Vendor Lock-in
Full Knowledge Transfer

The Open Pillars

Our philosophy isn't just about open-source tools—it's about open processes, open documentation, and open collaboration.

Built Openly

The Practice of Open

We document our business and technical processes in the open. From architecture decisions to deployment runbooks, everything is transparent and accessible.

Open ADRs Public Roadmaps Transparent Pricing

Run Openly

The Pltfrm Appliance

Standardized toolchains using k0s, Cilium, and Alpine Linux ensure portability across any environment—bare-metal, cloud, or hybrid.

Zero Lock-in Portable Clusters Edge-Ready

Managed Openly

Default Transparency

No black boxes. We build it so your team can eventually own it. Full knowledge transfer is part of every engagement.

Knowledge Transfer Full Documentation Team Enablement

The Tech Stack

Industrial-Grade Foundation

Battle-tested, open-source technologies that prioritize reliability, security, and maintainability.

k0s
Kubernetes Distribution
Cilium
eBPF Networking
Alpine Linux
Minimal Host OS
Proxmox
Virtualization
Bare-metal
Direct Hardware
Cloud-Init
Instance Bootstrap

The Cognitive Load Problem

Your developers shouldn't need to understand Kubernetes to ship features. We reduce cognitive load so they can focus on what matters.

BEFORE

Ticket-Ops

  • Developers wait days for infrastructure changes
  • Platform team bottleneck on every request
  • Tribal knowledge locked in Slack threads
  • Vendor lock-in limiting architectural choices
AFTER

Self-Service Portals

  • Instant provisioning through golden paths
  • Platform team focuses on paving, not ticketing
  • Living documentation in the developer portal
  • Portable infrastructure you actually own
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Open Proof

We don't just talk about transparency—we practice it. Our open documentation site contains real ADRs, runbooks, and technical decisions from actual client engagements.

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Technical Laboratory
ADR

Cilium as default CNI for all new clusters

RUNBOOK

k0s cluster upgrade procedure (v1.29 to v1.30)

RFC

Proposal: GitOps workflow standardization

The Earnest Ventures Ecosystem

Three pillars. One mission. Sincere engineering at scale.

BUILD

DevDemand

Accelerator

Agentic product development for medium and large businesses. Bring startup velocity to the enterprise.

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Pltfrm.team

The Foundation

Open-core internal developer platforms and infrastructure appliances built on k0s, Cilium, and Alpine Linux.

PROTECT

YourSRE

Reliability

Fractional site reliability engineering and 24/7 incident response for 99.99% uptime.