Platform Engineering vs. DevOps: What's the Difference and Why It Matters in 2025?

Introduction Developing software today is like assembling a humongous LEGO set without instructions. The teams are bogged down by convoluted cloud configurations. The coders are stuck fighting tools rather than coding. Release cycles crawl along at a snail's pace. Does that ring a bell? Software development goes lightning quick. Everyone needs things faster and more efficiently. You hear "Platform Engineering" discussed more and more. It's a huge buzz. DevOps and Platform Engineering are not the same, though they have the same objectives. It's essential to know the difference to fine-tune software performance in 2025 and later. What is DevOps? The Foundation of Modern Software Development Origins and Core Principles DevOps evolved from Agile and Lean principles. It set out to repair the wall between operations and development teams. These teams usually worked in silos. DevOps turned that around. It united them. The "CALMS" model describes its key conce...