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what software made you gasp with amazement and excitement when you first saw it?
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.
so i wrote a thing redmonk.com/jgovernor/2025…
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…
so - vibes or engineering? hot vibe code summer, surely?
this post tho redmonk.com/kholterhoff/20…
Hear @bobquillin, CEO & Co-Founder of @Ctrl_Theory, chat with @rstephensme on the MonkCast. They discuss #observability, including the importance of feedback loops & how ControlTheory aims to democratize instrumentation through @opentelemetry. redmonk.com/blog/2025/06/3…
San Francisco: the analyst team will be hosting RedMonk beers on 6/30. Shotwell's 7:30 pm. have a drink or two on us! redmonk.com/event/redmonk-…
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…
The @VMwareTanzu team joined @RedMonk to discuss how AI middleware can help organizations face challenges such as unpredictable AI behaviors, data security risks, and uncontrolled costs.Come hear more and see their demo of Tanzu AI Solutions at redmonk.com/videos/what-is…
In this MonkCast on the Road, @mariorod1, CPO @github, chats w @KateHolterhoff about the latest innovations & announcements at #MSBuild 2025. They discuss GitHub's MCP server, SWE agents, open sourcing VS Code & WSL, & the future of intelligent apps redmonk.com/blog/2025/05/2…
NEW EPISODE: Hayden thought he booked Hasselhoff's daughter but got a @redmonk PhD instead! She posed as Baywatch babe's kid just to get on Between 2 Servers (could've at least gone with Taylor or Hayley). 👀 Watch now: loom.ly/w7NkN14 #NotTheHoff
Hear John O'Hara, inventor of the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP), discuss the complexities of middleware, the importance of standards (@isostandards, @OASISopen, & @IECStandards), & the evolution of AMQP 0-9-1 & 1-0 in this @redmonk Conversation redmonk.com/blog/2025/04/0…
Hear @monadic discuss his experience in the tech industry, including the development of messaging protocol AMQP, the founding of Rabbit Technologies (@RabbitMQ), and its acquisition by @VMware, as well as his role in establishing the @CloudNativeFdn redmonk.com/blog/2025/03/3…
I chatted with @LinuxJedi about what he terms "a war going on within the @WordPress community." For this @redmonk conversation, we discuss the current litigation, it's broader implications for oss, and his WordPress Slack ban. redmonk.com/blog/2025/03/2…
Hear @ramiyengar, Chief Evangelist @cloudfoundry, chat with RedMonk's @rstephensme about developer experience ranging from cf push and the promise of PaaS, to Korifi, a developer platform for deploying cloud-native applications on @kubernetesio. redmonk.com/blog/2025/03/2…
Listen to @ramiyengar, Chief Evangelist @cloudfoundry, discuss Paketo Buildpacks, & their role in simplifying containerization in the cloud-native ecosystem, with senior analyst @drkellyannfitz. redmonk.com/blog/2025/03/1…
Hear @github CEO @ashtom discuss all-things AI agents w @KateHolterhoff for this RedMonk conversation. This in-depth conversation covers @GitHubCopilot's agent mode, Copilot’s role as peer programmer, & #AI as an abstraction layer in software engineering. redmonk.com/videos/rmc-tho…
Hear @jlengstorf discuss his journey from aspiring rock star to tech media mogul @codetv_dev on the latest episode of @redmonk's MonkCast. Jason digs into his experiences @IBM, Gatsby, & @Netlify—and he doesn’t hold back. redmonk.com/blog/2025/02/2…
I recall a tizzy a couple years back when @Docker changed the quotas and limits for pulls from Docker Hub. It looks like they're revisiting that. No more consumption charges, and great updated limits for free users ... docker.com/blog/revisitin…
Are developers now more inclined to stick with an LLM and use whatever IDE is hot right now? That would have seem impossible years ago, but IDE affinity seems lower than ever. @monkchips explores ... redmonk.com/jgovernor/2025…
Everyone’s talking about #AI agents and “agentic” apps—but what are they and what do those terms actually mean? 🤔 @RedMonk's @sogrady chats with #Couchbase’s Jeff Morris about real-world examples and the role of the #database in building them. Check it out ⏩…