> Markdown version of [/playlists/platform-engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/playlists/platform-engineering). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Playlist: Platform engineering 13 videos · 19 moments · 48.7 minutes ## From Zero to Hero: Launch & Manage Your Cloud Apps with Free OpenShift & Red Hat Developer Hub - **Balancing the inner and outer loops of software engineering** (21:49, 1min) — Platform engineers bridge the gap between seamless local development and complex infrastructure productization. - **Establishing an integrated developer platform for scaled engineering** (14:59, 1min) — Adopting an opinionated reference architecture helps scale agile methodologies across large software engineering organizations. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1023-from-zero-to-hero-launch-manage-your-cloud-apps-with-free-openshift-red-hat-developer-hub) ## Backstage Software Templates for Java Developers - **Scaling platform engineering adoption across organizational boundaries** (29:02, 0min) — Evaluating internal capability bottlenecks to ensure widespread platform usage scales smoothly for huge organizational engineering populations. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1596-backstage-software-templates-for-java-developers) ## Platform Engineering vs. DevOps Why not both? - **Defining platform engineering as a sociotechnical discipline** (13:49, 1min) — Building self-service capabilities to minimize developer cognitive load and enable fast flow delivery. - **Building truly cross-functional platform engineering teams** (41:20, 2min) — Equipping platform efforts with product owners, application developers, and necessary organizational mandates. - **Introduction to cloud native infrastructure and platform engineering** (00:02, 3min) — Exploring motivations for integrating automated platforms with established code delivery pathways. - **Summarizing the organizational benefits of platform engineering** (44:11, 1min) — How proper internal tooling bridges organizational silos, manages technical debt, and boosts developer experience. - **Necessary skills for adopting a platform engineering mindset** (51:37, 1min) — Transitioning organizational focus toward product thinking and communicating actionable pain points seamlessly. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/885-platform-engineering-vs-devops-why-not-both) ## How Agentic DevOps gave us Dev time back - **Pivoting product strategy toward platform engineering** (00:00, 1min) — How a critical conversation shifted a product focus toward saving developer time through cloud infrastructure and platform engineering. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100122-how-agentic-devops-gave-us-dev-time-back) ## Designing for Agents Will Make You Better at Designing for Humans - **The organizational shift toward platform engineering** (20:32, 1min) — As agents handle routine code generation, engineers will transition into platform architects who design safe, company-wide app creation environments. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100278-designing-for-agents-will-make-you-better-at-designing-for-humans) ## From Pipelines to Platforms: How DevOps Automation Becomes a Force Multiplier at Scale - **Transitioning from fragmented pipelines to centralized platform engineering** (10:32, 2min) — Turning internal development environments into reusable products changes how engineering organizations approach systemic standardization. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1946-from-pipelines-to-platforms-how-devops-automation-becomes-a-force-multiplier-at-scale) ## AI-Augmented DevOps with Platform Engineering - **Designing internal developer platforms and product team responsibilities** (10:32, 1min) — How dedicated platform engineering teams assemble standardized tools to help product groups operate applications completely independently. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1614-ai-augmented-devops-with-platform-engineering) ## AI Won't Fix Your Engineering Culture - **Platform engineering as the foundation for scaling AI tools** (11:51, 1min) — Internal developer platforms provide the vital self-service interfaces, consistency guidelines, and structured measurement needed to govern an infl... [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100266-ai-won-t-fix-your-engineering-culture) ## Forget Developer Platforms, Think Developer Productivity! - **Shifting focus from platform engineering to developer productivity** (00:03, 1min) — Building effective developer platforms requires prioritizing user-centric productivity over managing generic infrastructure systems. - **Implementing an iterative approach to platform engineering** (25:49, 5min) — Platform teams maximize their organizational impact by continuously gathering structured feedback and running focused technical experiments. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/884-forget-developer-platforms-think-developer-productivity) ## The journey from developer to devops - what i've learnt along the way - **Breaking down organizational silos to define platform engineering culture** (17:57, 6min) — Removing the restrictive boundaries between software developers and hardware engineers restores structural agility to software delivery. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/238-the-journey-from-developer-to-devops-what-i-ve-learnt-along-the-way) ## Creating bots with Dialogflow CX - **Pivoting careers into specialized platform engineering roles** (37:11, 1min) — Transitioning from traditional application programming into holistic infrastructure automation and cloud architecture initiatives. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/587-creating-bots-with-dialogflow-cx) ## Contract Testing with MCP: Building Self-Describing, Self-Testing APIs - **Scaling engineering teams using internal developer platforms** (00:02, 3min) — Centralizing infrastructure management and code templates accelerates new service deployment capabilities. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100040-contract-testing-with-mcp-building-self-describing-self-testing-apis) ## Empowering Thousands of Developers: Our Journey to an Internal Developer Platform - **Structuring platforms to standardize complex engineering environments** (08:07, 6min) — Layering self-service catalogs, fleet management, and architectural decision records into a unified developer portal. [Learn more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1519-empowering-thousands-of-developers-our-journey-to-an-internal-developer-platform)