# Platform Engineering Extends DevOps by Treating the Internal Developer Platform as a Product

DevFeed: [Platform Engineering Extends DevOps by Treating the Internal Developer Platform as a Product](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/if-you-think-platform-engineering-is-just-devops-you-re-already-behind-22639.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.wix.engineering/post/if-you-think-platform-engineering-is-just-devops-you-re-already-behind>)

Author: Wix Engineering

Published: 2025-12-21T09:12:39Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Wix Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/wix-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [internal developer platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internal-developer-platform.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [workflow automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/workflow-automation.md>), [Deployment Strategies](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment-strategies.md>), [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>), [GitLab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gitlab.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [deployment-strategies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment-strategies.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [gitlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gitlab.md>), [internal-developer-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internal-developer-platform.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipelines.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy.md>), [workflow-automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow-automation.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that platform engineering is a distinct discipline from DevOps. It focuses on treating an internal developer platform as a product and providing reusable, self-service systems that reduce infrastructure friction and operational complexity for developers.

## Source excerpt

Imagine starting your day as a senior engineering manager at a fast growing tech company. You're barely through your first coffee when your phone lights up with a critical ticket. The Kubernetes environments don't match across stages. DevOps is in place. CI/CD, automation, monitoring, on-call rotations. And still, developers spend more time fighting infrastructure than building products. This is the moment many organizations mistakenly try to "add more DevOps." In reality, this is the moment...