What is Platform Engineering?

Platform engineering is the discipline of designing and building toolchains and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for software engineering teams. It aims to reduce the cognitive load on developers, accelerate software delivery, and improve operational efficiency by providing a streamlined and standardized development environment. It is commonly used to create internal developer platforms (IDPs) that offer a curated set of tools, services, and automation to simplify the development, deployment, and management of applications.