What, Exactly, Is Platform Engineering? Do We Even Know? Maybe It Doesn't Matter
Platform-Engineering, Friday, August 8th, 2025
So you want to be a platform engineer? Maybe you are one already! And just haven't realized it. Platform engineering is at the center of many application development conversations today, but what, exactly, are we talking about? Is platform engineering just a job title? Is it a technology? A management technique? Merely yet another trending industry vibe?
While some in the know describe it as the natural evolution (and perhaps co-mingling) of infrastructure and DevOps roles, others see it as a modernized rebranding of integrated application development - or something even more transformative. At the recent New York City PlatformCon conference, definitions and philosophies were debated among the experienced practitioners and leaders showcased at the event. They came at the question from a variety of interesting angles.