This post peels back the covers on what it is like to work with a large digital platform. The platform in question is MDTP - Multichannel Digital Tax Platform, which supports a UK-based tax collection agency which is using a hyperscale cloud provider with a sideline in books. I’ve previously described what it is like to work in MDTP (Making Software. Quickly) during the Covid-19 responses that allowed the UK government to provide financial support for millions turning around projects in record time.