1、VIEWPOINTIn the DevSecOps era,firms need to free their coders from onerous infrastructure tasks that were once the remit of operations.Platform engineering assists through a self-help portal that increases innovation and reduces burnout.PLATFORM ENGINEERING:HOW TO MODERNIZE ENGINEERING CULTUREExtern
2、al Document 2023 Infosys LimitedTechnology firms are in a tough spot,with rising job cuts and tightening budgets.Meta fired 10,000 workers in March,on top of the companys 11,000 job cuts last November.Even in this climate,expert coders are in short supply,and many are suffering from burnout.The shif
3、t to DevSecOps(short for development,security,and operations)has improved organizations efficiency and speed,but increased coders workload.They now do more coding,security,deployment,monitoring,and infrastructure provisioning.Senior developers often bear the brunt of this shift.Figure 1.The typical
4、components of an internal development platform Source:InfosysDevelopers need a self-service,automated platform that provides easy software integration and deploymentPlatform orchestrator Version control Continuous integration Continuous delivery Infrastructure provisioning Container registry Observa
5、bilityInternaldeveloperportalMaintain platformas a productDevelopersSelf serviceInternal developer platformPlatform engineersPlatform engineering catalyzes digital transformation Enter platform engineering.This is a complement to,and not a replacement for,DevOps,and has trickled down from organizati
6、ons such as Google,Airbnb,and Spotify.Here,a dedicated platform engineering team builds an internal development platform that supports the engineering life cycle and provides continuous integration/deployment/testing as a service(Figure 1).The platform provides developers with a suite of tools,inclu