# Platform Engineering as a Service

DevFeed: [Platform Engineering as a Service](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/platform-engineering-as-a-service-23002.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bravenewgeek.com/platform-engineering-as-a-service/>)

Author: Nerved-Dev

Published: 2024-11-14T20:47:29Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Brave New Geek](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/brave-new-geek.md>)

Topics: [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [Infrastructure as code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/infrastructure-as-code.md>)

Tags: [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [iac](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/iac.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [konfigurate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/konfigurate.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [product-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-development.md>), [self-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-service.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that DevOps can create duplicated effort, inconsistent tooling, technical debt, and fragmented processes as organizations scale. It presents platform engineering as a centralized, productized approach that provides reusable self-service platforms, standardizes infrastructure and developer tools, and supports governance while allowing developers to focus on product code.

## Source excerpt

Like most industry jargon, "DevOps" means a lot of things to a lot of different people. While many folks view it as specific to certain tooling or practices, such as CI/CD or Infrastructure as Code (IaC), I've always viewed it as an organizational model for how software is built and delivered. In particular, my interpretation is that DevOps is about shifting more responsibilities "left" onto developers, moving away from the more traditional "throw it over the wall" approach to IT operations. No doubt this encompasses tooling or practices like CI/CD and IaC, which are responsibilities that developers now shoulder, perhaps with the support of dev tools, productivity, or enablement teams--some companies just call this the "DevOps" team.