NA010 - The Future of Platform Engineering with Stuart Clark

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Network Auto Magic Podcast

The Future of Platform Engineering with Stuart Clark

Episode Overview

Stuart Clark left school, spent eighteen years cutting hair, then taught himself network automation and ripped through CCNA, CCNP, CCIP, and Juniper certs in three years. That career launch took him to Cisco for nearly eleven years, including 4.5 years on DevNet as one of the first five DevNet Experts (now CCIE Automation), then to AWS, and now to Senior Developer Advocate at Spotify. In this episode Steinn and Urs interrogate Stuart on what actually changed at Cisco DevNet after Susie Wee and Mandy Whaley left, why DevRel keeps getting cut first, what Spotify’s Backstage and the new Portal SaaS offering actually solve, why an internal developer portal becomes a “voice to chaos” the moment AI agents start committing code, and the gap between AI hype and AI in production. Plus the standout Ford RS Turbo metaphor for organizations bolting on horsepower without ever upgrading the brakes — and Stuart’s closing hot take on not letting your job define you.

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NA010 - The Future of Platform Engineering with Stuart Clark

Network Auto Magic Podcast

Episode Overview