#60 How to NOT fail in Platform Engineering

About this episode

The episode discusses the intricacies of platform engineering, its relevance in cloud computing, and the dynamics within teams in the tech industry.

Here’s what we covered: Defining Platform Engineering * Platform engineering : Building compelling internal products to help teams reuse capabilities with less coordination. * Cloud computing connection : Enterprises can now compose platforms from cloud services, creating mature, internal products for all engineering personas. Ankit’s career journey * Didn't choose platform engineering; it found him. * Early start in programming (since age 11). * Transitioned from a product engineer mindset to building internal tools and platforms. * Key experience across startups, the public sector, unicorn companies, and private cloud projects. Singapore Public Sector Experience * Public sector : Highly advanced digital services (e.g., identity services for tax, housing). * Exciting environment : Software development in Singapore’s public sector is fast-paced and digitally progressive. Platform Engineering Turf Wars * Turf wars : Debate among DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering. * DevOps : Collaboration between dev and ops to think systemically. * SRE : Operations done the software engineering way. * Platform engineering : Delivering operational services as internal, self-service products…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ash Patel, Sebastian Vietz

Guest: Ankit

Topics covered

• Platform Engineering
• Cloud Computing
• Team Dynamics
• Public Sector Software Development
• DevOps
• SRE

Keywords

• Platform Engineering
• Cloud Services
• DevOps
• SRE
• Public Sector
• Team Autonomy
• Software Development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Singapore Public Sector, DevOps, SRE, platform engineering

Places: Singapore

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