The MonkCast
RedMonk
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.
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Meet RedMonk's Analysts
James Governor, Principal Analyst & Co-founder
@monkchips, LinkedIn, Blog
Stephen O'Grady, Principal Analyst & Co-founder
@sogrady, LinkedIn, Blog
Rachel Stephens, Senior Industry Analyst
@rstephensme, LinkedIn, Blog
Kate Holterhoff, Senior Industry Analyst
@KateHolterhoff, LinkedIn, Blog
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 Analysts
James Governor, Principal Analyst & Co-founder
@monkchips, LinkedIn, Blog
Stephen O'Grady, Principal Analyst & Co-founder
@sogrady, LinkedIn, Blog
Rachel Stephens, Senior Industry Analyst
@rstephensme, LinkedIn, Blog
Kate Holterhoff, Senior Industry Analyst
@KateHolterhoff, LinkedIn, Blog
Episodes
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Aug 1, 2024 • 18min
A RedMonk Conversation: Using Jamstack with Cloudflare (With Nevi Shah)
Rachel Stephens (Sr. Analyst, RedMonk) and Nevi Shah (Product Manager, Cloudflare) discuss the Jamstack application development model and how to build with Jamstack on Cloudflare Pages.
This RedMonk Conversation was originally published in video form on March 31, 2022.
Jul 22, 2024 • 7min
A Quickish Take on VMs (with Stephen O'Grady)
RedMonk principal analyst and co-founder Stephen O'Grady talks virtual machines (VMs) in this quickish take, outlining what they are, high-points in VM history, major players in the space, how containerization and Kubernetes shook up the infrastructure landscape, and why VMs continue to matter in 2024.
Jul 15, 2024 • 32min
A RedMonk Conversation: Local First, Cryptographic Proofs, and Data Anywhere with J Chris Anderson
RedMonk analyst Kate Holterhoff and J Chris Anderson, cofounder of Couchbase and CEO of Fireproof, discuss trends in the data space including the history and importance of Apache CouchDB, the evolution of client-side technologies, and the local-first movement. Chris highlights the use of cryptography for data integrity and identity verification, as well as the future of data management in the AI era. He also shares Fireproof's go-to-market strategy, open source philosophy, and approach to community engagement.
Jul 10, 2024 • 11min
The New Builders: AI - Built on Open Source (With Julia Ferraioli)
As AI continues to reshape our industry, it's important to understand how it intersects with open source. AI is dependent on and composed of open source software, for one, and it's also triggering new questions on how to define open source in the context of AI. To explore these and other questions, Julia Ferraioli of AWS joined Stephen O'Grady of RedMonk for a lively discussion of all things AI and open source.
This RedMonk Conversation was originally published in video form on July 9, 2024.
Jul 9, 2024 • 45min
A RedMonk Conversation: Sean McQuaid - from Waffle Fries to TypeScript
Join RedMonk analyst Kate Holterhoff and Sean McQuaid, Lead Software Engineer at Chick-fil-A, as they chat about the Atlanta conference scene, software engineering at Chick-fil-A, and some hot takes on the state of Frontend frameworks, micro-frontends, TypeScript, and leveraging AI code assistants.
Jun 27, 2024 • 13min
A RedMonk Conversation: AI and Training Data - What You Need to Know (With Jason Warner)
As AI continues to reshape the technology industry, it's important to understand its foundations. In this RedMonk Conversation, Stephen O'Grady and Poolside CEO Jason Warner get together to discuss training data. Covering questions that range from ownership and licensing to accessibility and inspection, anyone interested in better understanding the roots of AI and the vital importance of training data will find this conversation of interest.
This RedMonk Conversation was originally published in video form on June 26, 2024.
Jun 20, 2024 • 24min
A RedMonk Conversation: Useable Security is the Best Security (with Avi Douglen)
"Security at the expense of usability comes at the expense of security."
Security consultant and OWASP board member Avi Douglen joins RedMonk's Rachel Stephens to explore how to build meaningful security practices into our applications.
Is the OWASP Top 10 a useful standard? (Hint: nope!)
What's the best tool for threat modeling? (Hint: a whiteboard!)
Come listen as Avi explains practical approaches to security.
Jun 18, 2024 • 12min
A RedMonk Conversation: Responsible AI - Part 2 (With Diya Winn)
Rachel Stephens (RedMonk) and Diya Wynn (Senior Practice Manager, AWS) continue their conversation about responsible AI (more context about how Diya approaches responsible AI as a technologist can be found in our first conversation.) This conversation dives more into data bias and the holistic approach needed to drive responsible AI practices throughout an engineering team.
This RedMonk Conversation was originally published in video form on May 9, 2022.
Jun 13, 2024 • 9min
A RedMonk Conversation: Responsible AI - Part 1 (With Diya Winn)
Rachel Stephens (RedMonk) and Diya Wynn (Senior Practice Manager, AWS) discuss why responsible AI practices matter.
This RedMonk Conversation was originally published in video form on May 9, 2022.
Jun 6, 2024 • 6min
A RedMonk Conversation: Why You Should Come to Fastly Xcelerate London 2024 (With Simon Wistow)
Join James Governor and Simon Wistow, Co-Founder at Fastly, in a short discussion on why you should come to the Fastly Xcelerate event in London on June 18. London has evolved into a thriving tech hub, attracting investment and fostering innovation in deep tech and finance, as exemplified by companies like DeepMind. The Fastly Xcelerate event in Shoreditch highlights this dynamic environment by focusing on enhancing the developer experience and democratizing access to powerful technological tools, aiming to spur diverse creativity and innovation.
This RedMonk Conversation was originally published in video form on May 31, 2024.
