You've probably been in that hallway conversation (or Teams/Zoom meeting) where DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering all get thrown around. Sometimes these words are used interchangeably, as if they were synonyms. Sometimes they indicate different aspects, but nobody really agrees on what they are.

If you can relate, know that you're not alone. That's why we decided to walk through the core differences (and overlaps) of what each term means for us at Payara.