Elevating Developer Experience and Productivity with Platform Engineering by Shinya Yanagihara

Platform engineering is often associated with infrastructure and operations engineers striving to manage the complexities of Kubernetes, cloud environments, and their ecosystems. However, its impact on application developers is equally profound. In this session, we will shift the focus to how platform engineering can significantly enhance the developer experience and boost productivity within development teams. Platform engineering is not just about getting applications into production; it is about creating a comprehensive environment that supports application developers throughout the entire software development lifecycle. By providing robust, self-service platforms, platform engineering reduces the cognitive load on developers, allowing them to concentrate on building and delivering high-quality applications. We'll explore practical examples and case studies demonstrating how platform engineering can streamline workflows, simplify environments, and provide developers with the tools they need to excel. Moreover, platform engineering can offer environments powered by generative AI that support developers' methodologies, and virtualized development environments that facilitate coding and unit testing anytime, anywhere. It can also ensure continuous deployment to the platform, optimizing the application execution environment. This presentation will discuss what and how platform engineering can provide developers with the functionality they need and find useful.