An introduction to platform engineering

Platform engineering is stepping in where DevOps didn’t quite land. Think fewer duct-taped pipelines, more thoughtful systems. The fix? Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), usually riding on Kubernetes, built to tame the sprawl.

Gartner says 80% of big engineering orgs will run platform teams by 2026. Next-gen IDPs won’t just serve up infra—they’ll read your intent and automate delivery flows like AI-native copilots with actual context.