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Platforms Are For Engineers, Not Services

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Ask ten engineers what a "platform" or "platform engineering" is, and you'll likely get ten different answers. Crucially, most of those answers will focus solely on the tech stack, not on how people interact with the platform. This trend needs to change. Otherwise, we risk disgruntled platform engineers frustrated by how their platforms are used, platform users who see technology adoption as a burden, and leaders who question the value of investing in an internal platform at all.

Beyond the Hype

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Is observability just the new name for system monitoring? This is what Oliver Cronk,Scott Rowan and myself set out to discuss in this episode of Beyond the Hype. We discussed what observability means in modern distributed software architectures, how it differs from traditional monitoring, and the challenges of implementing it at scale.

Spoiler alert: I answered "no" to the question above.