Kate Holterhoff, PhD
@kateholterhoff.com
Analyst @redmonk.com 📊
Affiliated researcher @ Georgia Tech 🎓
Award winning podcast host 🎙️
#AI #Frontend #JavaScript #DevX
Affiliated researcher @ Georgia Tech 🎓
Award winning podcast host 🎙️
#AI #Frontend #JavaScript #DevX
I can only presume your casting aspersions at Atlanta, to which I say
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I can only presume your casting aspersions at Atlanta, to which I say
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
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...
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 @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...
Finally got to try baklava cheesecake. HBD to me!!
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Finally got to try baklava cheesecake. HBD to me!!
Advice from @hildjj.cto.af on the art of managing people/ team/ corporate culture w éclat at #monktoberfest
October 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Advice from @hildjj.cto.af on the art of managing people/ team/ corporate culture w éclat at #monktoberfest
Pulling back the veil of tech PR & AR w @gabyberk.bsky.social at #monktoberfest
October 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pulling back the veil of tech PR & AR w @gabyberk.bsky.social at #monktoberfest
Roller Derby 101 from Amanda Casari at #monktoberfest 🛼
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Roller Derby 101 from Amanda Casari at #monktoberfest 🛼
“Good docs are still good docs” 🔥🔥🔥
I chatted with @taylorbar.net, Staff Product Manager at @netlify.com, & Lyle Schemmerling, Senior Software Engineer at @fusionauth.io, about LLMs and Developer Experience for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
I chatted with @taylorbar.net, Staff Product Manager at @netlify.com, & Lyle Schemmerling, Senior Software Engineer at @fusionauth.io, about LLMs and Developer Experience for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“Good docs are still good docs” 🔥🔥🔥
I chatted with @taylorbar.net, Staff Product Manager at @netlify.com, & Lyle Schemmerling, Senior Software Engineer at @fusionauth.io, about LLMs and Developer Experience for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
I chatted with @taylorbar.net, Staff Product Manager at @netlify.com, & Lyle Schemmerling, Senior Software Engineer at @fusionauth.io, about LLMs and Developer Experience for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
This week, Oracle released Java 25. Several developers have used this release as an opportunity to share their enthusiasm around the JVM and Oracle’s stewardship. This strikes me as noteworthy, and in this @redmonk.com post I discuss why
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September 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This week, Oracle released Java 25. Several developers have used this release as an opportunity to share their enthusiasm around the JVM and Oracle’s stewardship. This strikes me as noteworthy, and in this @redmonk.com post I discuss why
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We have entered AI's "grumpy-fun" era, so for this MonkCast with the Monks I caught up with my colleagues @rstephens.me & @monkchips.com to discuss the ROI of AI tools, AI code assistants, vibe coding, agentic IDEs, AI spec-driven development, and the AI Engineer. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
September 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We have entered AI's "grumpy-fun" era, so for this MonkCast with the Monks I caught up with my colleagues @rstephens.me & @monkchips.com to discuss the ROI of AI tools, AI code assistants, vibe coding, agentic IDEs, AI spec-driven development, and the AI Engineer. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...
My pursuit of an AI app that will transform the @redmonk.com team into medieval monks continues. I had high hopes for Google Gemini Nano Banana 🍌 after reading the blog post, but it failed me. Who even are these dudes?!? bsky.app/profile/kate...
September 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My pursuit of an AI app that will transform the @redmonk.com team into medieval monks continues. I had high hopes for Google Gemini Nano Banana 🍌 after reading the blog post, but it failed me. Who even are these dudes?!? bsky.app/profile/kate...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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
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/...
After the EXCRUCIATING PAIN of setting up my DNS on Netlify for my personal account I'd been putting off logging back into my domain service to try tying it to my Bluesky account but I did it and it was relatively easy! I feel fancy now, friends
August 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
After the EXCRUCIATING PAIN of setting up my DNS on Netlify for my personal account I'd been putting off logging back into my domain service to try tying it to my Bluesky account but I did it and it was relatively easy! I feel fancy now, friends
I chatted w @jasontorres.bsky.social, Community Evangelist @torc.dev, about developer communities for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. We dig into the current hiring landscape for devs, the globalization of tech hiring, & social media's impact on career growth. redmonk.com/blog/2025/08...
August 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I chatted w @jasontorres.bsky.social, Community Evangelist @torc.dev, about developer communities for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. We dig into the current hiring landscape for devs, the globalization of tech hiring, & social media's impact on career growth. redmonk.com/blog/2025/08...
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 11:05 AM
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...
This one goes out to all the haters
July 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This one goes out to all the haters
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
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...
Once we were developers, software engineers, & data scientists; but no more! Today we’re all AI Engineers, right? Right!?!
What exactly is an AI Engineer? I'm not alone in my confusion, so I made a handy chart & wrote up my observations on this role for @redmonk.com
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What exactly is an AI Engineer? I'm not alone in my confusion, so I made a handy chart & wrote up my observations on this role for @redmonk.com
redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
July 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Once we were developers, software engineers, & data scientists; but no more! Today we’re all AI Engineers, right? Right!?!
What exactly is an AI Engineer? I'm not alone in my confusion, so I made a handy chart & wrote up my observations on this role for @redmonk.com
redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
What exactly is an AI Engineer? I'm not alone in my confusion, so I made a handy chart & wrote up my observations on this role for @redmonk.com
redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
I uploaded a photo of the @redmonk.com analysts to Black Forest Labs’s FLUX playground and applied the prompt:
“Keep our faces but put us in a monastery and make us look like medieval monks”
I’m happy to report it retained @sogrady.org’s Red Sox hat 💀
“Keep our faces but put us in a monastery and make us look like medieval monks”
I’m happy to report it retained @sogrady.org’s Red Sox hat 💀
July 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I uploaded a photo of the @redmonk.com analysts to Black Forest Labs’s FLUX playground and applied the prompt:
“Keep our faces but put us in a monastery and make us look like medieval monks”
I’m happy to report it retained @sogrady.org’s Red Sox hat 💀
“Keep our faces but put us in a monastery and make us look like medieval monks”
I’m happy to report it retained @sogrady.org’s Red Sox hat 💀
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
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...