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In the final installment of our New Year's look back at Monktoberfest 2025, @bcantrill.bsky.social draws on decades of experience and more of engineering history to explore how accountability, transparency, and human fallibility shape the systems we build.
Trust as Infrastructure | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2025
Software runs on trust — not just in the code, but in the people who write it. In this riveting Monktoberfest talk, Bryan explores how accountability, transparency, and human fallibility shape the…
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January 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
In the final installment of our New Year's look back at Monktoberfest 2025, @bcantrill.bsky.social draws on decades of experience and more of engineering history to explore how accountability, transparency, and human fallibility shape the systems we build.
Opening our final day of our Monktoberfest 2025 recap, @rstephens.me combines humor, heart, and RedMonk analysts reimagined as Bluey characters to help navigate the precarious landscape ahead of us in a world of layoffs, burnout, and 9/9/6 workweeks.
Working In Dance Mode | Rachel Stephens | Monktoberfest 2025
As the first talk featuring RedMonk analysts reimagined (and not by AI) as Bluey characters, Rachel’s Monktoberfest talk was already breaking new ground. But in a world that feels increasingly bleak…
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January 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Opening our final day of our Monktoberfest 2025 recap, @rstephens.me combines humor, heart, and RedMonk analysts reimagined as Bluey characters to help navigate the precarious landscape ahead of us in a world of layoffs, burnout, and 9/9/6 workweeks.
Neuroscience headlines are everywhere — but how do you know what’s real? In this Monktoberfest 2025 talk we invited @analog-ashley.bsky.social, a neuroscientist and professor at UC San Diego, to help improve our “neurobullshit detectors.”
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Developing Your Neurobulls#!t Detector | Ashley Juavinett | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 9, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Neuroscience headlines are everywhere — but how do you know what’s real? In this Monktoberfest 2025 talk we invited @analog-ashley.bsky.social, a neuroscientist and professor at UC San Diego, to help improve our “neurobullshit detectors.”
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The next awesome Monktoberfest 2025 talk, from Sara McGuire, offers a thoughtful and rational exploration of how educators should think about navigating AI, addressing the questions of how - and if - it should fit into the modern education landscape.
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I Trust This Email Finds You Well | Sara McGuire | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The next awesome Monktoberfest 2025 talk, from Sara McGuire, offers a thoughtful and rational exploration of how educators should think about navigating AI, addressing the questions of how - and if - it should fit into the modern education landscape.
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We're back with yet another amazing talk from Monktoberfest 2025, as Ronald McCollam shows us how to build smart pet gadgets, from door sensors to water-bowl monitors, while blending humor, the rare Monktoberfest live demo and genuine love of tinkering.
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Prometheus for Pets | Ronald McCollam | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
We're back with yet another amazing talk from Monktoberfest 2025, as Ronald McCollam shows us how to build smart pet gadgets, from door sensors to water-bowl monitors, while blending humor, the rare Monktoberfest live demo and genuine love of tinkering.
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In the next part of our Monktoberfest 2025 recap, @shinesonline.com shows engineering managers can replace panic with psychological safety and resilience, allowing us to both protect the mental health of workers and ship better software.
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The Best Deploy Still Lets You Make Happy Hour | Sarah Hines | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
In the next part of our Monktoberfest 2025 recap, @shinesonline.com shows engineering managers can replace panic with psychological safety and resilience, allowing us to both protect the mental health of workers and ship better software.
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Monktoberfest 2025's New Year's recap continues with @maddoghall.bsky.social delivering a passionate, global talk on sovereignty, freedom, and control in the digital age. Maddog challenges us to rethink who owns our software, our data, and ultimately, our future.
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Sovereignty | John "Maddog" Hall | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Monktoberfest 2025's New Year's recap continues with @maddoghall.bsky.social delivering a passionate, global talk on sovereignty, freedom, and control in the digital age. Maddog challenges us to rethink who owns our software, our data, and ultimately, our future.
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Continuing our Monktoberfest 2025 revisit, @circlejtp.me and Chris Petrilli share stories of caring for loved ones through the heartbreaking progression of dementia with honesty and compassion, opening up about the realities most people don’t talk about.
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Try to Remember | Chris Petrilli & JT Perry | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Continuing our Monktoberfest 2025 revisit, @circlejtp.me and Chris Petrilli share stories of caring for loved ones through the heartbreaking progression of dementia with honesty and compassion, opening up about the realities most people don’t talk about.
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What happens when a psychologist for software teams is diagnosed with a rare disease? Continuing our revisit of Monktoberfest 2025, @grimalkina.bsky.social applies everything she knows about research, measurement and community to a new, highly personal challenge. youtu.be/U8naVinNd6M?...
On Nightmare Projects | Cat Hicks | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
What happens when a psychologist for software teams is diagnosed with a rare disease? Continuing our revisit of Monktoberfest 2025, @grimalkina.bsky.social applies everything she knows about research, measurement and community to a new, highly personal challenge. youtu.be/U8naVinNd6M?...
In the next installment of our New Year's revisit of the incredible talks at Monktoberfest 2025, @juliaferraioli.com traverses her career in open source with her life experience, examining the tensions between agency and control to visibility and safety.
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The Forks We Carry | Julia Ferraioli | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 7, 2026 at 12:16 AM
In the next installment of our New Year's revisit of the incredible talks at Monktoberfest 2025, @juliaferraioli.com traverses her career in open source with her life experience, examining the tensions between agency and control to visibility and safety.
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In the next part of our New Year's look back at Monktoberfest 2025, @hildjj.cto.af explores how to manage and communicate effectively when “soft skills” don’t come naturally, giving concrete tools for scaling empathy, trust, and communication across large teams. youtu.be/6Lz8A6R5rbE?...
Your Feelings Do Not Scale | Joe Hildebrand | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
In the next part of our New Year's look back at Monktoberfest 2025, @hildjj.cto.af explores how to manage and communicate effectively when “soft skills” don’t come naturally, giving concrete tools for scaling empathy, trust, and communication across large teams. youtu.be/6Lz8A6R5rbE?...
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Hear @mhartington.io, Developer Advocate at @prisma.io, & I discuss the state of mobile development, and why CI/CD is still the hardest part, on @redmonk.com's MonkCast. Full episode 👉 redmonk.com/videos/mike-... www.youtube.com/shorts/g4z76...
Mike Hartington on #mobiledevelopment & why CI/CD is the hardest part
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January 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Hear @mhartington.io, Developer Advocate at @prisma.io, & I discuss the state of mobile development, and why CI/CD is still the hardest part, on @redmonk.com's MonkCast. Full episode 👉 redmonk.com/videos/mike-... www.youtube.com/shorts/g4z76...
Continuing our look back at Monktoberfest 2025, here's @gabyberk.bsky.social with a talk on the impact English and other majors can have, playing a critical role in enabling tech teams and tech companies to leverage skills like empathy, communication and collaboration. youtu.be/xbA4Q5GsSis?...
An English Major Walks Into A Tech Company | Gaby Berkman | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Continuing our look back at Monktoberfest 2025, here's @gabyberk.bsky.social with a talk on the impact English and other majors can have, playing a critical role in enabling tech teams and tech companies to leverage skills like empathy, communication and collaboration. youtu.be/xbA4Q5GsSis?...
As we enter the new year, we wanted to look back at some of the awesome talks from Monktoberfest 2025. Starting things off, Amanda Casari talks about how roller derby shows us how to build inclusive communities from scratch and work together as a team. youtu.be/JRCqoH_oOA4?...
Welcome to Roller Derby | Amanda Casari | Monktoberfest 2025
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January 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
As we enter the new year, we wanted to look back at some of the awesome talks from Monktoberfest 2025. Starting things off, Amanda Casari talks about how roller derby shows us how to build inclusive communities from scratch and work together as a team. youtu.be/JRCqoH_oOA4?...
Hear @monkchips.com sit down with Kun Chen, Lead Principal Engineer at @atlassian.bsky.social working on Rovo Dev, to explore what “context engineering” really means in practice, and why it matters far more than one-shot “vibe coding” demos for real software teams. redmonk.com/videos/conte...
Context Engineering in Practice: How Atlassian Is Building AI for Real Developer Work with Kun Chen
In this RedMonk Conversation, James Governor sits down with Kun Chen, Lead Principal Engineer at Atlassian, to explore what “context engineering” really means in practice—and why it matters far more t...
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December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hear @monkchips.com sit down with Kun Chen, Lead Principal Engineer at @atlassian.bsky.social working on Rovo Dev, to explore what “context engineering” really means in practice, and why it matters far more than one-shot “vibe coding” demos for real software teams. redmonk.com/videos/conte...
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Hooray! The talks from the 2025 #Monktoberfest are now live. Enjoy them all here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Monktoberfest 2025 - YouTube
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December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hooray! The talks from the 2025 #Monktoberfest are now live. Enjoy them all here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
For this New Builders, hear @sogrady.org chat with @alispit.tel, Head of DevRel at @awscloud.bsky.social, about the importance of developer experience, how the role of developers is evolving, and the new challenges and opportunities devs face in the AI era. redmonk.com/videos/aws-d...
AWS Developer Experience State of the Nation with Ali Spittel
In this New Builders conversation, RedMonk’s Stephen O’Grady chats with Ali Spittel, head of DevRel at AWS, about the importance of developer experience, how the role of developers is evolving, and th...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
For this New Builders, hear @sogrady.org chat with @alispit.tel, Head of DevRel at @awscloud.bsky.social, about the importance of developer experience, how the role of developers is evolving, and the new challenges and opportunities devs face in the AI era. redmonk.com/videos/aws-d...
Hear Al Harris, Principal Engineer @ AWS, & @rstephens.me discuss natural language systems aimed at helping developers translate specifications into code & vice versa, particularly as it relates to @awscloud.bsky.social’s agentic IDE Kiro, in this New Builders episode. redmonk.com/videos/al-ha...
Al Harris On Kiro And Spec-Driven Development
In this New Builders conversation, Al Harris, Principal Engineer at AWS, discusses the development of a natural language system aimed at helping developers translate specifications into code and vice ...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hear Al Harris, Principal Engineer @ AWS, & @rstephens.me discuss natural language systems aimed at helping developers translate specifications into code & vice versa, particularly as it relates to @awscloud.bsky.social’s agentic IDE Kiro, in this New Builders episode. redmonk.com/videos/al-ha...
Hear AWS's Deepak Singh discuss the evolution of devtools, particularly in the context of GenAI & Kiro, w @monkchips.com. This New Builders conversation covers @awscloud.bsky.social's journey in the container space, #DevX, & ways that #AI is reshaping how developers work redmonk.com/videos/from-...
From Containers to Kiro: AI and DX at AWS with Deepak Singh
In this New Builders conversation, RedMonk’s James Governor speaks with Deepak Singh, VP of Agents and Experience at AWS, about the evolution of developer tools, particularly in the context of generat...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hear AWS's Deepak Singh discuss the evolution of devtools, particularly in the context of GenAI & Kiro, w @monkchips.com. This New Builders conversation covers @awscloud.bsky.social's journey in the container space, #DevX, & ways that #AI is reshaping how developers work redmonk.com/videos/from-...
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We’re getting pumped for @awscloud.bsky.social #reinvent here at @redmonk.com and have some AMAZING MonkCast episodes queued up for the occasion.
Teaser: they’re all about developers
Teaser: they’re all about developers
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We’re getting pumped for @awscloud.bsky.social #reinvent here at @redmonk.com and have some AMAZING MonkCast episodes queued up for the occasion.
Teaser: they’re all about developers
Teaser: they’re all about developers
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If you haven’t had the distinct pleasure of hearing @infrequently.org, do yourself a favor and check out the latest episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. We discuss web standards, JavaScript performance, PWAs, and Apple (iOS) & Google (Android). redmonk.com/blog/2025/11... youtube.com/shorts/5N_fm...
Alex Russell on web standards #developer #webdevelopment
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November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If you haven’t had the distinct pleasure of hearing @infrequently.org, do yourself a favor and check out the latest episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. We discuss web standards, JavaScript performance, PWAs, and Apple (iOS) & Google (Android). redmonk.com/blog/2025/11... youtube.com/shorts/5N_fm...
@monkchips.com sits down with Anush Elangovan, VP of #AI at #AMD for a deep dive into the evolving landscape of GPU development—tile-based programming, Pythonic DSLs, Mojo, ThunderKittens, and everything reshaping how developers write AI code.
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A RedMonk Conversation: The future of GPU programming and AI - languages, frameworks, stacks (with AMD's Anush Elangovan)
James Governor sits down with Anush Elangovan, VP of AI at AMD, for a deep dive into the evolving landscape of GPU development—tile-based programming, Pythonic DSLs, Mojo, ThunderKittens, and everythi...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@monkchips.com sits down with Anush Elangovan, VP of #AI at #AMD for a deep dive into the evolving landscape of GPU development—tile-based programming, Pythonic DSLs, Mojo, ThunderKittens, and everything reshaping how developers write AI code.
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Java turned 30 this year, and we're celebrating 🎂 🎉 @sharatchander.bsky.social, Senior Director of #Java Product Management & Developer Engagement at Oracle, stopped by the MonkCast to discuss this milestone with @kateholterhoff.com redmonk.com/blog/2025/11...
A RedMonk Conversation: Java at 30 with Sharat Chander
Java turned 30 this year, and we’re celebrating. In this RedMonk conversation, Sharat Chander, Senior Director of Java Product Management & Developer Engagement at Oracle, stopped by to discuss this m...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Java turned 30 this year, and we're celebrating 🎂 🎉 @sharatchander.bsky.social, Senior Director of #Java Product Management & Developer Engagement at Oracle, stopped by the MonkCast to discuss this milestone with @kateholterhoff.com redmonk.com/blog/2025/11...
RedMonk's monkchips.com chats with Anush Elangovan, VP of #AI at AMD, to dig into the fast-evolving world of local LLMs, edge hardware, and the future of AI-powered developer experience.
If you’re curious about the future of on-device AI, watch!
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If you’re curious about the future of on-device AI, watch!
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A RedMonk Conversation: Introduction to local AI models (with AMD's Anush Elangovan)
James Governor sits down with Anush Elangovan, VP of AI at AMD, to dig into the fast-evolving world of local LLMs, edge hardware, and the future of AI-powered developer experience. They cover: Why loc...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
RedMonk's monkchips.com chats with Anush Elangovan, VP of #AI at AMD, to dig into the fast-evolving world of local LLMs, edge hardware, and the future of AI-powered developer experience.
If you’re curious about the future of on-device AI, watch!
#Sponsored_by_AMD
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If you’re curious about the future of on-device AI, watch!
#Sponsored_by_AMD
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At #KubeCon 2025 I was struck by what a huge concern networking remains within the @cncf.bsky.social & Kubernetes ecosystem. For this @redmonk.com post, I reflect on my takeaways redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
Networking Is the Hydra of Kubernetes
At the end of KubeCon 2025, I was struck by what a huge concern networking remains within the Kubernetes ecosystem. It’s the elephant in the server room. It’s the thing vendors and the Cloud Native Co...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
At #KubeCon 2025 I was struck by what a huge concern networking remains within the @cncf.bsky.social & Kubernetes ecosystem. For this @redmonk.com post, I reflect on my takeaways redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...