Top 10 Fallacies in Platform Engineering and How to Avoid Them

Explore the top 10 misconceptions in platform engineering and learn effective strategies to sidestep them in this insightful 25-minute CNCF conference talk. Delve into the underlying problems of manual work and scripts, and understand the role of internal developer platforms. Examine common fallacies such as prioritization, visualization, unwinnable wars, and attempting to implement everything for everyone simultaneously. Discover why new setups aren't always better, the pitfalls of over-abstraction, and the dangers of catering to the loudest voices. Analyze the freedom fallacy and debunk the myths surrounding Netflix and Amazon's approaches. Gain valuable insights to enhance your platform engineering practices and avoid common pitfalls in the field.

Introduction
Overview
The underlying problem
Manual work and scripts
Internal developer platforms
Platform engineering fallacies
Prioritization fallacy
Visualization fallacy
Wars you cannot win fallacy
Everything everybody at once fallacy
New setup isnt better fallacy
Abstraction fallacy
loudest voice fallacy
freedom fallacy
Netflix fallacy
Amazon fallacy