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Manikanta majeti
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Why Platform Engineering? A Tale from a Busy Kitchen

What if developers were chefs expected to run the entire restaurant — cooking, cleaning, provisioning ingredients, and keeping the kitchen running?

In Part 1 of my Platform Engineering series, I dive into:
🍳 The overwhelming DevOps burden on developers
⚙️ Where Platform Engineers, SREs, and DevOps intersect
📈 How internal platforms help teams scale with sanity

This isn’t just theory — it's a story, an analogy, and a framework to rethink your dev workflow.

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Why Platform Engineering? A Tale from a Busy Kitchen | by Manikanta majeti | Jul, 2025 | Medium

Imagine a bustling kitchen at a fine-dining restaurant.

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