/tags/product-thinking/Recent content in Product-Thinking on Chris WagnerHugo -- gohugo.ioencw@wagner.org.za (Chrisando Wagner)cw@wagner.org.za (Chrisando Wagner)© 2026 Chrisando WagnerMon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000/posts/from-devops-to-platform-engineer/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000cw@wagner.org.za (Chrisando Wagner)/posts/from-devops-to-platform-engineer/<p>Over the last few weeks I&rsquo;ve been laying out how platform engineering grew out of DevOps practice, and what actually separates the two once you stop treating them as synonyms. This post is smaller than either of those, and more personal. It&rsquo;s not an argument about where the industry is heading. It&rsquo;s about a question I noticed I&rsquo;d started asking myself before any other question, and what changed once I did.</p>