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Explore the evolution of infrastructure management through a comprehensive 23-minute conference talk that traces the journey from hand-managed servers to modern YAML pipelines and internal developer platforms. Examine how infrastructure has transformed over 25 years, moving from traditional sysadmin approaches through DevOps methodologies to today's cloud sprawl and platform engineering paradigms. Discover the persistent challenges around speed, scale, and safety that continue to affect infrastructure teams despite technological advances. Learn about the rise and limitations of internal platforms designed to simplify infrastructure management, and understand where these solutions have fallen short of expectations. Gain insights into the emerging role of AI agents that enable developers to request infrastructure using natural language, while understanding how platform and SRE teams maintain critical oversight through safe system design and guardrail enforcement. Acquire a clear perspective on infrastructure evolution, practical insights for building and scaling internal platforms, an introduction to agentic platform engineering concepts, and actionable ideas for maintaining essential human oversight in automated systems.
