Sifting through the Noise of Platform Engineering with Saim Safdar

Reducing the cognitive load by simplifying computing for every developer in an organization! One of the many definitions of Platform Engineering. But what is Platform Engineering for real? Just a new hype? What problem does it really solve? How does it link with DevOps and SRE? Are there any standards or reference architectures available?
To get a new perspective on Platform Engineering we invited Saim Safdar, CNCF Ambassador and member of the CNCF TAG App Delivery Platform Working Group. Tune in and learn about the Platform Maturity Model, how to get involved to shape the field of Platform Engineering, what other people that Saim has interviewed are good to follow and much more ..

Here the links we discussed:
CNCF Platforms White Paper: https://tag-app-delivery.cncf.io/whitepapers/platforms
Maturity Model Working Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bP8-LQ-d41eIdQB3IC2YsncDhawpFLggql2JxwtE0XI/edit
Platform Working Group: https://tag-app-delivery.cncf.io/about/wg-platforms/
Cloud Native Podcast with Alexis Richardson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6D-NYkVp9E
Patterns and Anti-Patterns: https://octopus.com/devops/platform-engineering/patterns-anti-patterns/
Saim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saim-safder/