Dr. Kate Holterhoff

Spoke w @swyx about the evolving role of the AI Engineer for @redmonk's MonkCast. We discuss the definition of an AI Engineer, differences bw AI Engineers & traditional software devs, vibe coding, frontend observability, & the AI Engineer World's Fair. redmonk.com/blog/2025/07/2…

Thanks for listening to the episode, @nearyd! I always learn so much from @IAmJerdog. Plus, he’s just so much fun to chat with :)

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It's a "Hot Vibe Code Summer" according to @KateHolterhoff and the @redmonk team. Who am I to argue? James has a good piece about Google and Amazon making legit efforts to be there for devs craving AI tools.

Do AI Code Review Tools Work, or Just Pretend? hubs.li/Q03wP1jN0 via Dr. Kate Holterhoff @KateHolterhoff RedMonk @redmonk #ai

Front-end and user-facing #observability is more than just a trend - it's redefining what observability means. Join Splunker Greg Leffler and @redmonk's @KateHolterhoff to discuss a path forward that aligns technical and business priorities: splk.it/4nBtVxl #SplunkO11y

Ooh! This sounds super interesting

Just finished up an awesome day with the @redmonk crew--@monkchips, @sogrady, @rstephensme, and @KateHolterhoff. I've been learning from these folks for more than half my career. Everyone should spend time with them. Thanks @rhoshimi for pulling this together!

Do AI Code Review Tools Work, or Just Pretend? - via @RedMonk dlvr.it/TLdH1C (via @jonerp)

Do AI Code Review Tools Work, or Just Pretend? redmonk.com/kholterhoff/20… < @KateHolterhoff has a great look at the current state of AI code review tools, and what developers think of them. tl;dr not much.

Seeing is believing: How data visualization shapes our reality @marisamorby #renderatl 1️⃣Lost context 2️⃣Bad binning 3️⃣Cumulative v Real # 4️⃣Not == 💯 5️⃣🍒picking 6️⃣Actual v relative change 7️⃣Truncating Y-axis 8️⃣Change axis placement 9️⃣Ignore design heuristics 🔟Poor defined data

Questions I’ve actually asked: WTF @typescript from @trashh_dev at #renderatl

AX & Why it Matters @biilmann #renderatl Matt discusses why making products accessible to #ai agents is so important. I like thinking about AX as part of the move away from DevX when it detracts from end user UX, which has been so influential in the JavaScript framework space

Al Agents for PMs: A No-Fluff Guide to Building Smarter Products @iamKierraD #renderatl

“What no one tells you about Server-Sider Rendering Micro-Frontends” @lucamezzalira discussing caching, module federation, Astro server Islands, and JavaScript frameworks. #renderatl

Drawing on his experiences at BlackBerry and WatchDox, @OriSaporta advocates for architects to take accountability beyond the whiteboard in his latest podcast with @redmonk and @KateHolterhoff. Watch now: hubs.ly/Q03rlGlb0 #Softwarearchitecture #Modernization #vFunction

ICYMI: Microsoft Build 2025 Announcements with GitHub's Mario Rodriguez In this MonkCast on the Road, Mario Rodriguez, CPO of GitHub, discusses the latest innovations and announcements at Microsoft Build 2025 with Kate Holterhoff, senior analyst at RedMonk. They chat about…

Spoke w @mattklein123, Co-founder & CTO of @bitdriftio, about how hard mobile observability is compared to server-side observability. We discuss privacy controls on data collection, the cultural divide between mobile & backend engineers, & @opentelemetry. redmonk.com/blog/2025/06/0…

In this MonkCast episode, @KateHolterhoff chats with @OriSaporta, Co-Founder of @v_function, about the evolving role of software architects in modern development practices & the importance of architectural observability. redmonk.com/blog/2025/06/0…

Some conversations just stick with you, and this is one of them. Big thanks to @KateHolterhoff for the no-BS discussion a couple of weeks back on the MonkCast on the Road at #MSBuild. We skipped the usual talking points and dove into what actually matters: GitHub's MCP server,…