Why Platform Engineering Is Becoming The Backbone Of Cloud Native Operations
Platform Engineering, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
Cloud native is the go-to strategy for software delivery today. Containers, microservices, and everything as code enable teams to deliver features faster, but also add additional layers of complexity to the system. DevOps has been a success in bringing developers and operators closer together.
DevOps has been a success in bringing developers and operators closer together. However, in a flood of Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools, teams are struggling to manage the tooling and cognitive complexity.
That's where platform engineering comes in: the new practice that brings together cloud native operations. Instead of teams creating their own scripts and pipelines, a team of platform engineers creates an internal developer platform that abstracts away infrastructure and standardizes everything.