General
In the previous post of this blog series we discussed the assembly line fallacy, the misconception that software development is the same as building a car and learned that software development is part of the design, not the construction.
The current AI hype is accompanied with a lot of predictions that software development will be taken over by AI solutions soon and most software developers will lose their jobs together with most other white collar workers. While I agree that AI solutions will have a significant impact on software development, I disagree with the notion that software development will be taken over by AI solutions anytime soon.
Recently I tried to catch up with the recent developments in platform engineering when I experienced once more a just too familiar déjà vu feeling. During my research, I came across the following definition of platform engineering: