People in tech usually don't struggle with the technical implementation, but they often struggle with technical decisions and strategy. Over the years, I have observed trends come and go, but there have been a couple that truly make a difference. One of the more recent trends is that of Platform Engineering, which is the accumulation of what we have learned over the years in IT-operations, combining DevOps with a product mindset to make sure that developers can focus on creating business value instead of having to deal with infrastructure and cloud architecture decisions.

In this talk, I would like to explore some of the common pitfalls, talk about my experiences going from traditional sysadmin to platform engineer, and give you all a great start on your platform engineering journey.