What is platform engineering, and how does it differ from traditional DevOps?
Modern software teams have a familiar problem. They want to release software quickly, but the path from writing code to running that code in production often involves dozens of tools, tickets, dashboards, scripts, permissions, and infrastructure decisions.
Developers might need to understand Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, cloud networking, observability, secrets management, container registries, deployment strategies, and security policies just to get a simple application running. Meanwhile, DevOps teams can become overwhelmed because every development team needs slightly different infrastructure support.
This is where platform engineering enters the picture.
Platform engineering builds an internal platform that gives developers reliable, reusable, and self-service capabilities. Instead of asking every developer to become an infrastructure expert, platform teams create a paved road that makes common engineering tasks easier.
But does platform engineering replace DevOps?
Not exactly.
Platform engineering builds on many DevOps principles, but it changes how organizations deliver infrastructure and operational capabilities to...
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