Platform Engineering Podcast DevOps & Platform Engineering - What's The Difference? With Dave Williams
Mar 13, 2024
Dave Williams, an expert in platform engineering, discusses the evolution of the field beyond DevOps. He emphasizes the crucial mindset shift needed for this transition, moving from automation-centric practices to a more product-oriented approach. Williams highlights the enhanced collaboration and automation that platform engineering brings, focusing on the creation of seamless environments that improve scalability and governance. Tune in to discover how these changes can significantly elevate the software engineering experience!
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Platform Engineering Is A Product Mindset
- Platform engineering is a mindset shift from ad-hoc automation to productizing self-service for engineering teams.
- Dave Williams compares it to e-commerce catalogs and inventory that let teams get resources on demand without cross-team handoffs.
Next Step After DevOps Is On Demand Automation
- Platform engineering is the next step after DevOps: move from 'automate everything' to 'make automation available on demand'.
- Williams says missing skills are product and software-engineering abilities to build self-service layers and prioritize customer needs.
Bake Governance Into The Platform
- Bake security, compliance, and best practices into the platform so engineering teams get safe defaults without needing deep ops knowledge.
- Prioritize product skills to iterate the self-service tooling based on engineering team feedback.