Title: A Deep Dive Into Platform Engineering With Ran Isenberg
Publication: Ready, Set, Cloud!
Author: Allen Helton
Published: January 27, 2023
URL: https://www.readysetcloud.io/podcast/season-1/2/

The internet is buzzing about platform engineering. Does it replace DevOps? What does a platform engineering team do? Allen dives deep with Ran Isenberg to get all the details about this trending topic and uncover some of the mysteries around platform engineering.


#### Episode Summary

Platform engineering is a trending topic in cloud communities these days. Does it replace DevOps? Is it really "*the next new thing?*"

Before we can answer that, we need to understand what platform engineering is and how it is different from DevOps. Allen talks with Ran Isenberg about the responsibilities his team undertakes at [CyberArk](https://www.cyberark.com/), some challenges they went through when starting up, and some of the benefits they gained as a company by going serverless.

#### About Ran

Ran is a Principal Software Architect at CyberArk and AWS Community Builder based out of Israel. He runs a high-quality serverless blog, [Ran The Builder](https://www.ranthebuilder.cloud/), where he goes into detail on serverless best practices and design. Ran is also a prominent public speaker, regularly talking about serverless and open source contributions.

#### Links

* [Ran the Builder](https://ranthebuilder.cloud)
* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/IsenbergRan)