Platform Engineering

Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane, three tools, one big question: which one actually fits your platform? In her latest piece, Mallory Haigh breaks down what makes each Infrastructure-as-Code tool tick. Terraform’s stability and massive ecosystem, Pulumi’s programming-language flexibility, and Crossplane’s Kubernetes-native reconciliation model each offer unique advantages and tradeoffs for platform engineers. Mallory cuts through the hype with a practical, architecture-minded comparison that helps you decide what belongs at the foundation of your Internal Developer Platform (and what doesn’t). Check it out👇

Is the $2B migration consulting industry over? After a breakthrough year of coding agents, organizations are now rightly asking if they can trade costly professional services, and spreadsheet-heavy manual tech debt projects to automated, agent-driven migrations. The big question? Is the technology ready, yet? In tomorrow's webinar we'll answer this question, by digging into: - 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 - How Slack, Google, and Airbnb are using agents for migrations, including learnings on what use-cases work and which don’t. - 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘀 - Now that context windows hold 75K lines of code, we explore what these breakthroughs mean for legacy migrations. - 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 - We cover techniques like AST to black-box spec-driven rewrites, and why the middle ground is the sweet spot. If you're thinking about 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗴, then 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘁 𝟳𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗘𝗧 ! 🔗 Link in the comments

A $2B consulting industry has been built around one thing: helping enterprises migrate code, systems, and platforms. But if agents can now automate those migrations, what happens next? Join 🚀 Lou Bichard Bichard, Field CTO at Ona (formerly Gitpod), to explore whether AI agents are truly ready to take on large-scale, high-stakes code migrations. We’ll look at the infrastructure, governance, and safeguards required to let agents run safely in production and what kind of human-in-the-loop design still makes sense when autonomy scales. This isn’t about theory. It’s about whether the next generation of platform engineering will finally automate one of the most expensive, manual parts of enterprise software. November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM CET Save your spot 👇 https://lnkd.in/eBdeqD9n

Platform engineering shifted fast in 2025. With fresh data from the State of Platform Engineering, the State of AI in Platform Engineering, and the 2025 DORA report, we finally know what is shaping the field as we head into 2026. Join Rickey Zachary and Sam Barlien for a look at the key trends, how AI influenced the year, and what top teams are doing to build effective platforms. Register here 👇

How do you actually measure developer productivity and platform ROI? In this piece, Sam Barlien shares a practical framework built for platform engineers who need to prove impact without resorting to meaningless metrics. He breaks down how to connect DORA, SPACE, and MVP success metrics to show real results, shorter onboarding, reduced toil, faster delivery, and happier devs. It also covers how to turn those technical wins into clear financial value and make the business case for your platform. Read more👇

Platform Engineering Practitioner Course Completed! I’m excited to share that I’ve completed the Platform Engineering Practitioner course by Platform Engineering🎉 Throughout this learning journey, I discovered what makes platform engineering such a powerful field for improving developer experience and accelerating delivery. Some of my favorite takeaways include: - Understanding Platform as a Product - The difference between Internal Developer Platforms and Portals - The importance of abstraction layers, golden paths, and infrastructure platform engineering - How to design an MVP and advocate for platform initiatives Completing the course has given me a solid foundation and deep motivation to keep building and learning in this field (And for that a special thank you to Mallory Haigh for being such an inspiring instructor :)) A heartfelt thank you to Rachael Wilhite for her kindness and generosity in offering me a student scholarship, this opportunity truly meant a lot and made this journey possible. 🙏 I’m looking forward to applying what I’ve learned and continuing to grow within the Platform Engineering community! #PlatformEngineering #InternalDeveloperPlatform #DevOps #Cloud #PlatformAsAProduct #LearningJourney

Most platform teams have automated everything except how devs actually use what they’ve built. In his latest piece, Sam Barlien explains how internal developer portals bring order to growing complexity, unifying access to tools, templates, and services while reducing cognitive load and improving governance. From golden paths to self-service actions, Sam breaks down how portals turn fragmented systems into a single, developer-friendly interface that actually drives adoption. Read the full article 👇

What a way to kick off Monday in Atlanta! We hosted an executive roundtable with AHEAD and Harness, bringing together an inspiring group of engineering leaders. The discussions were incredibly candid and exactly the honest dialogue this community needs. A massive thank you to everyone who joined us! Your real-world stories and perspectives on platform engineering, AI, and the hurdles of enterprise adoption were what made the session so powerful.

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve successfully earned the Platform Engineering Certified Practitioner credential from the Platform Engineering Community (https://lnkd.in/epEdQEdT) ! This certification validates not just technical expertise, but a deep understanding of how to build, scale, and operate modern internal developer platforms (IDPs), enabling teams to deliver faster, safer, and with true developer joy, which is a key/primary element of success for any platform! As someone passionate about (data) platforms, automation, and evolutive design/architectures, this milestone reinforces my belief that platform engineering is the cornerstone of sustainable digital transformation. There is no specific formula, but there is knowledge and experience to learn from... and this certification will leapfrog you in the right direction! #PlatformEngineering #InternalDeveloperPlatform #DevEx #CloudNative #Automation #EngineeringExcellence #ContinuousImprovement