Everything You Wanted to Know About Platform Engineering — 17 Key Questions in 25 Minutes

Fwdays Tech Talks

Meet the new episode of our Q&A format! Each episode explores a new topic — and today, we’re diving into Platform Engineering. Our guest — Anton Grishko, Chief Architect at ProfiseaLabs, answers the most common questions about what makes this field so essential today. You’ll learn what platform engineering is, how it differs from DevOps, which problems it solves for teams, what tools and approaches define a modern Internal Developer Platform, and how to balance standardization, flexibility, and developer experience. We’ll also discuss security as code, future trends, and the most common mistakes teams make when building platforms. What you should subscribe to: – More interesting content for developers: https://fwdays.com/en/events – Fwdays Twitter: https://twitter.com/fwdays – Anton's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/antongrishko/?originalSubdomain=ua Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - What is platform engineering, and how does it differ from traditional DevOps? 01:20 - Why has platform engineering become such a hot topic in recent years? 02:10 - What key problems does platform engineering aim to solve for developers and organizations? 02:51 - What is benefits and downsides of opinionated platform vs customizable 04:40 - Which tools and technologies are commonly used in platform engineering today? 06:40 - How to design IDP and what should be taken into consideration? 09:07 - How does Infrastructure as Code (IaC) fit into platform engineering? 11:21 - What role do Kubernetes and container orchestration play in modern platforms? 12:28 - What’s the future of platform engineering over the next 3–5 years? 13:49 - How can platform engineering help reduce cognitive load for developers? 15:05 - How should organizations balance standardization vs. flexibility in platform design? 16:07 - How do you handle feedback loops between platform teams and developers? 18:05 - How can platform teams embed security and compliance as code from the ground up? 19:07 - What are the biggest challenges in Platform Engineering? 20:21 - What metrics should companies track to measure platform success? 21:30 - What are common anti-patterns or mistakes teams make when building platforms? 23:18 - What role does observability and debugging play in platform engineering? 24:34 - Crash course: Platform engineering (DISCOUNT -20%)