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In case you missed it, last week RedMonk co-founder @monkchips.com and co-authors @kimmykimkimber.bsky.social, @azimman.bsky.social, and @wiredferret.bsky.social released their book, Progressive Delivery.

Read @rstephens.me's article on the book here!

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Progressive Delivery
My colleague James Governor has been talking about Progressive Delivery since helping coin the term in 2018. He joined forces with co-authors Kim Harrison, Heidi Waterhouse, and Adam Zimman to write a...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For anyone at KubeCon next week, we'll be hosting beers on the 11th. Find the details at redmonk.com/event/redmon..., and we hope to see you there!
RedMonk Beers
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November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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It's a launch day at @redmonk.com!

My colleague @monkchips.com, along with his lovely coauthors @kimmykimkimber.bsky.social @wiredferret.bsky.social & @azimman.bsky.social have released their Progressive Delivery book into the world!

Let me tell you about their book!

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Progressive Delivery
My colleague James Governor has been talking about Progressive Delivery since helping coin the term in 2018. He joined forces with co-authors Kim Harrison, Heidi Waterhouse, and Adam Zimman to write a...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In this RedMonk Conversation recorded at IBM's #TechXchange conference, Matt Rodkey, Program Director, Product Management at IBM, demos Bob, IBM’s newly announced agentic IDE, with senior analyst @kateholterhoff.com redmonk.com/videos/rmc-b...
A RedMonk Conversation: Meet Bob, IBM's Agentic IDE (with Matt Rodkey at IBM TechXchange 2025)
In this RedMonk Conversation from IBM’s TechXchange conference, Matt Rodkey, Program Director, Product Management at IBM, speaks about and demos Bob, IBM’s newly announced agentic IDE, with RedMonk se...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Our research director @rstephens.me joins Allen Duet (Akamai) and Matt Butcher (Fermyon) for a discussion about distributed serverless compute. What do you get when you mix Akamai's edge network with Fermyon's WebAssembly platform? Watch the video and find out at redmonk.com/videos/akama...!
A RedMonk Conversation: WASM and Edge Compute - Building a Performant Cloud with Akamai and Fermyon
What happens when you build an ultra low-latency compute platform and then realize the round trips are going to kill you? Absent changing physics or your cap table: you partner! This RedMonk Conversat...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Really fun few days in London with @monkchips.com! We ran all around town filming him and Alois talking all things #observability #AI and #opensource. Stay tuned for the final videos!
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October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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What do you get when you mix Akamai's edge network with @fermyon.com's WebAssembly platform? A fun conversation about what’s next for serverless edge computing!

Join Allen Duet (Akamai) and Matt Butcher (Fermyon) as we talk about distributed serverless compute.

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October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Come say hi 👋 if you're at @github.com Universe this week! Also, my interview from last year's #GitHubUniverse is in the promo video 🤩 w @redmonk.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtpx...
October 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Hear @aparker.io, Director of #oss @honeycomb.io & a maintainer of the @opentelemetry.io project, chat with me about #AI, #Olly, & #OTel on this @redmonk.com conversation. redmonk.com/blog/2025/10...
October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hear @monkchips.com chat with Pascal Martin & Valentin Clavreul, software engineers at Bedrock, about the evolution of streaming architectures as a crucial element in optimizing performance and their partnership with @fastly.com. redmonk.com/videos/bedro...
Bedrock Streaming: From CDN to compute for 50M+ people watching the Euros
In this RedMonk conversation, Pascal Martin, principal software engineer at Bedrock Streaming, and Valentin Clavreul, principal backend engineer at Bedrock Streaming, discuss the evolution of streamin...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In this @redmonk.com Conversation, our Research Director @rstephens.me and @mmilinkov.bsky.social, Director of @eclipse.org, discuss the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and its profound impact on how software is sold and managed. Tune in and listen to the full conversation at redmonk.com/blog/2025/10....
A RedMonk Conversation: CRA – The First Horizontal Regulation of the Software Industry
In this conversation, Rachel Stephens (Research Director at RedMonk) and Mike Milinkovich (Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation) discuss the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Mike explains the law, its...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hear @kateholterhoff.com discuss the sessions she is most excited about at #IBM #TechXchange 2025 in Orlando on topics including academic partnerships, quantum computing, public speaking, and IBM MQ redmonk.com/videos/rqt-i... youtu.be/-kaVEIDbYjo
IBM TechXchange 2025 session RedMonk Quick Take with Kate Holterhoff
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September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Invited 2 former colleagues, Emily Winck, Staff Engineer at CallRail, & Jessica Burns, Engineering Manager @1password.bsky.social, onto @redmonk.com's MonkCast to reflect on our early careers together at a digital marketing agency. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
September 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Spec vs Vibe is the new Pancakes vs Waffles (they're both so good!!) 🥞🧇

Spoke with @clare.dev about @kiro.dev for this @redmonk.com New Builders Conversation!! Enjoyed getting the back-story on @awscloud.bsky.social's new agentic IDE. redmonk.com/videos/tnb-c...
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hear @clare.dev, Senior Principal Software Engineer @awscloud.bsky.social & @kateholterhoff.com discuss @kiro.dev for this RedMonk New Builders conversation. They chat about Kiro's Vibe and Spec modes, the importance of requirements, as well as Kiro's roadmap. redmonk.com/videos/tnb-c...
The New Builders: Clare Liguori on Kiro & AI Spec-Driven Software Development
In this New Builders conversation, Kate Holterhoff speaks with Clare Liguori, Senior Principal Software Engineer at AWS, about Kiro. They discuss Kiro’s Vibe and Spec modes, and how these both factor ...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Chatted with @martinrojas.dev, UI Architect at PlayOn Sports & @reactatl.dev Organizer, about the tech meetup scene, leveraging AI to enhance sports broadcasting, AI Guilds (not Dungeons & Dragons!), Micro frontends, React, & more on @redmonk.com's MonkCast redmonk.com/blog/2025/08...
August 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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The Certificate Authority Browser Forum has officially blessed us with SSL certificates that expire every 47 days by 2029. While the security benefits are clear, the operational reality of implementing automation across diverse, legacy-laden infrastructure will be heavy. redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
August 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ever wonder what differentiates "vibe coding" from "AI engineering?" We do!

Hear @kateholterhoff.bsky.social and @swyx.io discuss.
Spoke with @swyx.io about the evolving role of the AI Engineer for @redmonk.com's MonkCast. We discuss the definition of an AI Engineer, differences between AI Engineers & traditional software devs, vibe coding, frontend observability, & the AI Engineer World's Fair. redmonk.com/blog/2025/07...
July 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Hear @jerdog.dev discuss the current state of #DevRel w me on this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. We talk engaging developers, quantifying DevRel efforts, frontend, community, and MOAR! redmonk.com/blog/2025/07...
July 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Hear @danielroe.dev, Nuxt Project Lead at @vercel.com, discuss the recent acquisition of @nuxtlabs.com by Vercel and its implications for the @nuxt.com framework, @unjs.io, & @nitro.build on @redmonk.com's MonkCast redmonk.com/blog/2025/07...
July 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Guess who visited Sunnyvale? w @rstephens.me
July 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hear @bobquillin.bsky.social, CEO & Co-Founder of @controltheory.bsky.social, chat with @rstephens.me on the MonkCast. They discuss #observability including the importance of feedback loops & how ControlTheory aims to democratize instrumentation through @opentelemetry.io redmonk.com/blog/2025/06...
June 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
San Francisco: the analyst team will be hosting RedMonk beers on 6/30. Shotwell's 7:30 pm. have a drink or two with us!
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RedMonk Beers San Francisco
The analyst team will be in San Francisco the week of June 30. Stop by Shotwell’s at 7:30 PM PT on 6/30 and have a couple drinks with the team. Location: 3349 20th St. at Shotwell
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June 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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This is a very interesting post from Kate that goes into a lot of specific complaints from developers about the AI code review tools. The hallucinations and false positives seem like they would be a huge pain, and as we know, false positives can lead people to not take real problems seriously.
June 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hear Jacob Leverich, Co-Founder at Observe, Inc., discuss the evolution of the observability market, focusing on the founding of Observe and the architectural decisions that shaped its development w @monkchips.com. redmonk.com/blog/2025/06...
June 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM