The One with Ben Good and Our Kubernetes Friends

In this episode of Google's podcast about site reliability engineering, Steve McGhee and Kaslin Fields host Ben Good to discuss platform engineering and its relationship to Kubernetes. They explore how Kubernetes serves as a foundation for building platforms, emphasizing that it's a key tool but not the only requirement. The conversation covers the importance of golden paths, abstraction, and providing developers with easy-to-adopt interfaces, whether through documentation, CLIs, or tools like Backstage. The speakers also discuss the significance of observability, cost control, security, and compliance in platform engineering, as well as the idea of deployment archetypes and tailoring platforms to specific organizational needs.