Platform as a Runtime: Unveiling Next-Gen Infrastructure

The speakers challenged the idea that DevOps is the end state, introducing a shift toward treating the platform itself as the runtime developers build on. Instead of managing infrastructure and non-functional concerns repeatedly across teams, Wix’s Platform as a Runtime (PaaR) approach centralizes these challenges into a unified internal platform, enabling “nano deployments” into a shared SingleRuntime. This allows developers to move faster, focus on business logic, and deliver higher-quality software without reinventing the same operational solutions. The discussion and panel reinforced how platform engineering, when done right, fundamentally changes day-to-day development - reducing friction, increasing consistency, and turning the platform into a core product that actively accelerates engineering productivity.