01. Market Insights for Platform Engineering

Introduction

In his ebook, What Happened to Platform Engineering, Dan Donahue, Principal Solutions Architect at Nethopper, says: platform engineering seems to be a new concept to many. It is not. Platform engineering simply moved from Software Engineering to DevOps/IT. Therein lies the awakening of DevOps/IT folks to platform engineering and the challenge it presents for them.

One of such a challenge is the 21% success rate of app modernization projects, according to this survey: 79% of Application Modernization Projects Still Fail After 16 Months and $1.5M.

The reasons for such a high failure rate are many, but Chris Munford, Nethopper's CEO/founder, says in "The Challenge of Modern Application Development" there is a common element in all of them: the increase of cognitive load on the developer, which leads to decreased productivity, project delays, budget overruns, and eventually failed projects.

Before diving into it, let's first explore the industry buzz about platform engineering in the sections below: