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Platform engineering is not about platforms
Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) are a solution to the problems tackled by platform engineering. But why are platforms the answer? What problems are we actually tackling?
Platform engineers are quick to throw a platform at any problem. After all, if you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail, right? What we often miss is the fundamental problem we are addressing. This talk explores what that fundamental problem is and why building platforms is the answer.