r/platformengineering is a subreddit with 8k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses platform engineering, devops, platform, cloud, and ci/cd.
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Popular Themes in r/platformengineering
#1
Advice Requests
: "Best books on Platform Engineering"
9 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Kong api gateway alternatives?"
3 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Offering Mentoring in Platform Engineering & DevOps — Especially Welcoming Women and Underrepresented Voices in Tech"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/platformengineering
#1
Platform Engineering
: "What’s actually going on in Platform Engineering right now? Tools, trends, and real projects"
19 posts
#2
Devops
: "Top 15 Devops tools that are mentioned on Linkedin Job posts in 2026"
8 posts
#3
Platform
: "How are Platform teams handling self-service infrastructure requests today?"
8 posts
#4
Cloud
: "Does platform engineering have to be for the Cloud?"
6 posts
#5
Ci/cd
: "How do teams enforce release governance in Kubernetes before Ci/cd releases?"
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
Ai
: "Digg layoffs and shutdown due to Ai bots. Reddit could be next."
4 posts
#8
Security
: "At what point does a Security orchestration solution make sense vs just scripting things yourself"
3 posts
#9
Incident
: "SRE/platform teams: how reconstructable is your decision/version chain after Incidents?"
3 posts
#10
Kubernetes
: "How do teams enforce release governance in Kubernetes before CI/CD releases?"
3 posts
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Last updated: July 21, 2026