DevOps Isn’t Dead: Cloud Native and Platform Engineering Rise
Shimmy Says
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04-Dec-2025
Everyone walked into re:Invent expecting one story: AI everywhere. And yes, AWS pushed agenticAI, new models, new chips, and an “AI factory” vision hard. But the work happening on the floor told a different story. DevOps, CloudNative and PlatformEngineering weren’t sidelined. They were packed and central to almost every conversation. In today’s ShimmySays, Alan Shimel breaks down what re:Invent really revealed: teams still need automation, containers, orchestration, and reliable pipelines. AI doesn’t replace that foundation. It runs on top of it.
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