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Join the developer-focused industry analysts at RedMonk as they discuss news and trends in the software space with leaders and practicioners in cloud, AI, IaC, security, DevOps, developer relations, observability, data, and more. Can't get enough of the Monks? Visit the RedMonk YouTube channel or check out our research at RedMonk.com. You can also follow RedMonk on Bluesky, Twitter (X), and LinkedIn. Meet RedMonk's AnalystsJames Governor, Principal Analyst & Co-founder @monkchips, LinkedIn, Blog Stephen O'Grady, Principal Analyst & Co-founder @sogrady, LinkedIn, Blog Rachel Stephens, Research Director @rstephensme, LinkedIn, Blog Kate Holterhoff, Senior Industry Analyst @KateHolterhoff, LinkedIn, Blog

  1. 2d ago

    When Agents Become Users: Rethinking Developer Portals with Balaji Sivasubramanian

    Are internal developer portals dead? In this RedMonk conversation, Kate Holterhoff talks with Balaji Sivasubramanian, Senior Director, Product Management, Agentic AI Developer Platform at Red Hat, who isn't convinced. While some thought leaders claim that developers will soon live inside their own coding agents, making portals obsolete, Balaji argues that enterprises still need the golden paths and guardrails IDPs provide. Balaji's case is that a portal's UI matters less now, while the curated, verified context behind it matters more. Along the way they get into MCP's limits, context freshness, the rising cost of tokens, and why human judgment still beats an agent at some tasks. This RedMonk conversation is sponsored by Red Hat. Show notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/balaji-sivasubramanian/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Conversation 00:54 Balaji's Role at Red Hat 01:58 The Importance of Developer Portals in AI 02:30 Debunking the 'Death' of Developer Portals 04:12 The Evolution of User Interfaces and AI Agents 06:50 The Impact of AI on Developer Workflows 10:32 Understanding AI Hallucinations in Development 13:25 Navigating Permissions and Audit Logs with AI 15:37 Challenges of Agent-Driven Actions 23:49 Transforming Ticketing Systems with AI 26:25 Navigating Enterprise Complexity 31:33 Building Effective Agents 36:36 The Challenge of Freshness in Data 43:16 Ensuring Safe Agent Deployment 49:01 The Future of Portals in an Agentic Era

    44 min

  2. Jul 2

    AI Code Optimization by Experimentation, Without Free Bread, with Mina Ilieva

    RedMonk's James Governor sits down with Mina Ilieva, AI engineer at TurinTech AI, to talk about a problem everyone in 2026 recognizes: we're shipping a lot of code slop. Ilieva explains how TurinTech's platform, Artemis, fights back. It began life running a genetic algorithm that scores candidate code against a fitness function, and it now has a newer tool, Discovery, built on an empirical loop where agents form hypotheses, turn them into experiments, and verify every change before a human approves it. The two get into what clients actually optimize for — throughput, latency, memory, runtime — and why none of it is free. Ilieva walks through real wins with Intel's vLLM work, QuantLib, BLAKE3, and a quantized Nemotron model. They also take apart "token maxxing," the habit of burning tokens to look busy, and make the case that verification skill, not raw output, is what keeps engineers employable. This RedMonk conversation is sponsored by TurinTech AI. Show notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/mina-ilieva/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction to AI and TurinTech 02:52 Code Optimization and Its Importance 05:35 Use Cases and Client Engagements 08:55 Token Efficiency and Cost Management 11:46 The Role of AI in Software Development 14:47 Trade-offs in Optimization 17:37 Future of AI and Model Deployment

    29 min

  3. Jun 30

    Chris DeMars on Patching and Security in the AI Era

    RedMonk's Kate Holterhoff sits down with Chris DeMars, Senior Developer Advocate at TuxCare, for a conversation about patching in the AI era. Chris started writing code in Q Basic in the mid-90s and now spends his time at conferences explaining the JavaScript supply chain to people who'd rather not think about it: typosquatting, the Shai-Hulud worm, and getting locked out of his own VS Code editor at Vueconf. They get into why a Dockerfile that Claude wrote him pulled in an insecure version of Node, why most enterprise customers are nowhere near migrating off end-of-life software regardless of the modernization story being sold to them, and what rebootless live patching actually looks like once a CVE drops. Show notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/chris-demars/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background of Chris DeMars 02:59 The Role of Developer Advocacy in Security 05:52 JavaScript Ecosystem and Security Challenges 08:54 AI's Impact on Security Practices 11:42 Developers' Awareness of Security Issues 14:50 The Importance of Patching and CVEs 17:37 The Future of Security in Development 21:09 The Process of Fixing Vulnerabilities 24:01 Modernization vs. Legacy Systems 24:50 Engagement with the Open Source Community 26:45 Challenges for Open Source Maintainers 27:36 Enterprise vs. Smaller Companies 29:39 The Role of AI in Upgrading Systems 33:37 Compliance and Regulation Concerns 38:24 Understanding Live Patching 41:32 Closing Thoughts and Future Directions

    43 min

  4. Jun 25

    An Interview with Kyle Daigle at Microsoft BUILD 2026: Models, Tokens, Agents & Developer Calm

    At Microsoft Build 2026, RedMonk's James Governor sits down with Kyle Daigle, COO at GitHub and CMO of Developer at Microsoft, to unpack the event. The conversation looks at Microsoft's first homegrown frontier models, the growing importance of "token economics", new NVIDIA Spark-powered hardware, the push toward containerization and isolation for agents both on-device and in the cloud, and Windows improvements aimed at a calmer developer experience. Daigle also previews the agent-first GitHub Copilot app with its shareable canvases, and addresses developer anxiety amid industry layoffs, insisting Microsoft's principle remains keeping developers in the loop. This RedMonk conversation is sponsored by Microsoft. Show notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/kyle-daigle/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Developer Marketing at Microsoft 02:08 Microsoft's Frontier Models and AI Innovations 05:06 Local Model Execution and Security Concerns 07:58 The Role of AI in Developer Productivity 11:08 GitHub Copilot and the Future of Software Development 14:20 Windows for Developers: Enhancements and Configurations 17:05 Hardware Partnerships and Performance Expectations 20:10 Supporting Developers in a Changing Landscape 23:12 Addressing Reliability and Scalability Challenges

    35 min

  5. Jun 23

    Jack Herrington on TanStack's npm Mini Shai-Hulud Compromise

    Kate Holterhoff sits down with Jack Herrington, Principal Software Engineer at Netlify and maintainer of TanStack AI, to walk the May 2026 TanStack npm supply-chain compromise. They discuss the incident in depth, including the risk of chained attacks, the role of GitHub Actions, what we know about the hackers and mini shai-hulud. Jack also weighs in on why developers are becoming more security aware and why the supply chain and CI/CD is more important than ever in the AI era. Show notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/jack-herrington/ Chapters: 00:00 Introduction and Background 09:08 The TanStack Hack Incident 19:26 Security Insights and Lessons Learned 26:45 Evolving Cybersecurity Threats 34:22 Understanding Vulnerabilities in Open Source 40:47 AI in Development and Security Concerns 49:50 Advice for Open Source Maintainers

    54 min

  6. Jun 16

    Inside the Acquisition: VoidZero Joins Cloudflare with Evan You

    In this MonkCast Conversation, RedMonk analyst Kate Holterhoff talks with Evan You, the creator of Vue.js and Vite and founder of VoidZero, just days after VoidZero announced joining Cloudflare. Evan clarifies what the deal does and does not include, as well as the history of how it came about. He's also candid about the motives that inspired VoidZero to look for partnership with a cloud provider. They also discuss the state of open source and frontend tooling in 2026. Can independent open source infrastructure survive today without getting bought by a bigger platform? Why Evan is still unconvinced that Vue needs a foundation. What is AI doing to the economics, and the craft, of building in the open? Cloudflare is a RedMonk client, but this RedMonk conversation is unsponsored. Show notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/evan-you/ Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Evan You and VoidZero 02:37 The Acquisition and Its Implications 05:26 Vue and Vite: Independence and Future Directions 08:15 Monetization Challenges and Business Models 11:23 Collaboration with Cloudflare and Development Experience 14:34 Community Concerns and Competition in the Market 17:08 Funding and Support for Open Source Contributors 29:34 Building a Community and Team Dynamics 31:02 Lessons Learned from Open Source Monetization 38:26 Navigating AI's Impact on Open Source 44:24 The Foundation Debate for Open Source Projects 49:31 The Bundler Wars: Performance and Artifact Size

    1 hr

  7. Jun 11

    Steren Giannini on Google Cloud Run: Past, Present & Future

    Google Cloud Run is a few years old now, and in this RedMonk Conversation, James Governor sits down with one of its founders, Steren Giannini, to talk through where it came from and where it's going. Back in 2017, most people assumed serverless meant functions. Steren's team disagreed. They figured the real value of serverless was simplicity, scale, and paying only for what you actually use, and that the thing you deploy should be a container, not a function. That call ended up shaping the whole product. James and Steren get into the decisions that gave Cloud Run its longevity: staying opinionated about simplicity without boxing developers in, a Kubernetes-compatible API designed so you can walk away whenever you want, and an open debt to Heroku's git-push experience. Steren is also honest about the messier parts, from fighting feature creep, to building the enterprise networking and security that big customers needed, to handling the traffic that AI agents are now generating. Looking ahead, Steren argues that the next generation of developers might be anyone who can describe an app in a prompt and hit publish. Google is a RedMonk client, but this is an independent piece of content. Show Notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/steren-giannini-google-cloud-run/ Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Google Cloud Run 01:08 The Origins of Cloud Run 02:12 Design Principles and Longevity 05:35 Openness and Portability in Cloud Run 07:23 Open Source Strategy and Knative 10:42 Simplicity and User Experience 12:22 Progressive Complexity in Design 14:23 Embracing Developer Standards 16:21 Learning from Heroku 18:02 Focus on Quality and User Feedback 19:44 Cloud Run's Satisfaction and Popularity 22:01 The Rise of AI Agents 24:56 Adapting to Evolving Workloads 27:44 Collaboration with Other Google Cloud Products 30:23 Innovations for AI and Long-Running Workloads 31:19 Notable AI Companies Using Cloud Run 34:28 Cloud Run's Growth and Success 37:19 Infrastructure Preparedness for Scale 40:02 Scaling and Resource Management in Cloud Services 44:09 Enterprise Features and Customer Needs 46:53 Refocusing on Developer Experience 51:16 Simplifying Complex Systems 56:50 Security Challenges and Solutions 01:05:03 Real-World Applications and Use Cases 01:10:30 The Future of Cloud Run and AI Integration

    1h 17m

  8. Jun 2

    Juan Cruz Viotti on JSON Schema, the Invisible Infrastructure Powering APIs and LLMs

    JSON Schema might be the most important technology you've never thought about. In this MonkCast, Rachel Stephens sits down with Juan Cruz Viotti, founder of SourceMeta and member of the JSON Schema Technical Steering Committee. They discuss how JSON Schema is the backbone of OpenAPI specs and just might be the language of AI. Show notes: https://redmonk.com/videos/juan-cruz-viotti-json-schema/ Chapters 00:40 - What is JSON Schema? 03:00 - JSON Schema in OpenAPI and AI 05:30 - Challenges in API Ecosystem Management 07:00 - Siloed API Specs and Governance Issues 08:00 - Benefits of Schema Layer Governance 09:30 - JSON Schema as a Data Dictionary 11:00 - JSON Schema in AI and Code Generation 13:30 - SourceMeta's Ecosystem and Tools 16:00 - Small Teams and Infrastructure Innovation 16:50 - AI, Documentation, and Data Semantics 17:30 - Vision of the Future

    19 min
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Join the developer-focused industry analysts at RedMonk as they discuss news and trends in the software space with leaders and practicioners in cloud, AI, IaC, security, DevOps, developer relations, observability, data, and more. Can't get enough of the Monks? Visit the RedMonk YouTube channel or check out our research at RedMonk.com. You can also follow RedMonk on Bluesky, Twitter (X), and LinkedIn. Meet RedMonk's AnalystsJames Governor, Principal Analyst & Co-founder @monkchips, LinkedIn, Blog Stephen O'Grady, Principal Analyst & Co-founder @sogrady, LinkedIn, Blog Rachel Stephens, Research Director @rstephensme, LinkedIn, Blog Kate Holterhoff, Senior Industry Analyst @KateHolterhoff, LinkedIn, Blog

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  • Creator
    RedMonk
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    202
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    © 2025 RedMonk

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