One part “how did we get here?” combined with views into best practices, links to examples, and “things you should be sure to consider” - I found this a very accessible and educational view into the state of platform engineering.
The hype felt more like cheerleading for leading software teams as opposed to raw hype. Is that a thing? Good read. 5 stars.
Focused on teams with a platform engineering program in place
In the last year, Platform engineering has evolved from being one of the hottest trends in DevOps and Infrastructure, to a staple of the software engineering universe. This report examines how it got there, what has changed and where it is going.

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Overview
For Volume 3, we spoke to 300+ platform teams for the best insights from top platform practitioners to answer the most commonly asked questions. The report dives into:
- The rise and growth of platform engineering
- Platform engineering maturity model: how mature is the industry?
- Platform engineering vs DevOps salary comparison
- Best practices and reference architectures
- AI platform engineering: hype vs reality
Platform Engineering vs DevOps salary
We spoke to 450+ platform engineering and DevOps professionals in Europe and the USA about their salaries.

Platform team maturity
More than 55.84% of platform teams are between 0 and 2 years old.

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