r/platformengineering is a subreddit with 9k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses platform engineering, platform, cloud, devops, and ai.
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Popular Themes in r/platformengineering
#1
Advice Requests
: "Best books on Platform Engineering"
14 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Kong api gateway alternatives?"
2 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Offering Mentoring in Platform Engineering & DevOps — Especially Welcoming Women and Underrepresented Voices in Tech"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "We struggle to hire decent DevOps engineers"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/platformengineering
#1
Platform Engineering
: "Is "Platform Engineering" just DevOps with better branding, or is there a real difference?"
12 posts
#2
Platform
: "How are Platform teams handling self-service infrastructure requests today?"
8 posts
#3
Cloud
: "Full stack engineer vs. Cloud engineer"
6 posts
#4
Devops
: "Top 15 Devops tools that are mentioned on Linkedin Job posts in 2026"
5 posts
#5
Ai
: "How much of DevOps is going to get recreated for Ai agents?"
4 posts
#6
Sre
: "Became Sr, now manager wants me to become a 'champion' in one of: Cybersecurity, Sre, Finops, Community. Equally passionate about all - which would have best transferability across industry?"
4 posts
#7
Open Source
3 posts
#8
Research Implementation
3 posts
#9
Internship
2 posts
#10
Algouniversity
2 posts
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Last updated: August 13, 2026