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Kate Holterhoff, PhD

@kateholterhoff.com
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Analyst @redmonk.com 📊 Affiliated researcher @ Georgia Tech 🎓 Author of 2 books 📚 Award-winning podcast host 🎙️ #AI #Frontend #JavaScript #DevX

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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 25/09/2026
Aww, thanks @monkchips.com
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Betty White as Rose Nylund: I Wasn't Gonna Cry
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 25/09/2026
I want a Lovecraft edition where the narrator stops telling me how to feel about everything: "They were present in loathsome profusion, and I saw to my horror that they overlapped" becomes "They were present in profusion, and I saw that they overlapped"
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
happy first (full) day of fall, bluesky
ina garten in a witch hat saying “If you can't summon the flames directly from hell, store-bought is fine.”
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 24/09/2026
Chatted with @dpp.me, founder & CEO of Spice Labs, & @allanfriedman.bsky.social, Senior Technical Advisor at the Institute for Security & Technology, about PQC & Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOMs) for the latest @redmonk.com MonkCast. redmonk.com/videos/david... youtube.com/shorts/VPflv...
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Cryptography Bill of Materials Explained #cbom #postquantumcryptography #softwaredevelopment
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RedMonk @redmonk.com · 23/09/2026
Hear @kateholterhoff.com chat with Samir Sherif, Global Field CISO at @fastly.com, about #FastlyXcelerateNY. They discuss the event’s planned customer stories, and Samir shares insights on security challenges, AI integration, and what attendees can expect. redmonk.com/videos/qt-fa...
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RedMonk Quick Take: Fastly Xcelerate NY 2026
In this RedMonk Quick Take, Kate Holterhoff chats with Samir Sherif, Global Field CISO at Fastly, about Fastly Xcelerate NY. They discuss the event’s planned customer stories, and Samir shares insight...
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 22/09/2026
Last week the frontend and mobile dev community sat up when Shopify announced it was moving its mobile apps off of React Native and back to Swift and Kotlin. We at @redmonk.com were deeply interested, not only because Shopify is enormous... redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
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Shopify returns to native, and what that says about rewrites in the agentic era
Last week the frontend and mobile dev community sat up when Shopify announced it was moving its mobile apps off React Native and back to Swift and Kotlin. Shopify went all-in on React Native in 2020, ...
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 18/09/2026
“The question ultimately isn’t whether agents and tooling to support them will have a market. It is rather whether that will come at the expense of, or in addition to, markets for human developers.” - @sogrady.org redmonk.com/sogrady/2026...
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Agents: The new, New Kingmakers
Well over a decade ago, hundreds of conversations over a period of years crystalized into a book called The New Kingmakers. The core thesis of the book was simple: a constituency long thought to be po...
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 17/09/2026
I chatted with Victoria Melnikova, head of new business at @evilmartians.com, about what Product Market Fit looks like for devtools in 2026 & why AI is like a good wig. Full episode on @redmonk.com's MonkCast 👉 redmonk.com/videos/victo... youtube.com/shorts/PTOmO...
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AI is a Wig #devtools #aiengineering #developertools
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 15/09/2026
In this @redmonk.com post, I discuss the simulator market, challenges in iOS DevX, & reasons agents need simulators. Agentic software development now acts as a forcing factor in markets that touch the SDLC, including mobile app development. redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
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Agents with iPhones: Why the Simulator Market is Blowing Up
Back when I was a web developer and QA engineer, I regularly tested the mobile experience of the sites my team built using real device testing, namely on BrowserStack, and I “simulated mobile devices”...
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 13/09/2026
Business idea: karaoke, but w autotune built in
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 12/09/2026
Hot take on @rubygems.bsky.social’s alleged hack by OpenAI agents: “It's misaligned because everyone has this obsession with putting agents in poorly put together, security-theatre sandboxes, we've inadvertently trained a bunch of sandbox escape artists” -jasongi news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4966...
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> The agents clearly regarded what they were doing as hacking. To butcher the qu... | Hacker News
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 10/09/2026
OMG, @techcrunch.com 🔥🔥🔥 “It isn’t clear why the company’s board made this decision now. One person speculated that the timing may have something to do with Mullenweg’s annual trip to the Burning Man festival, after which he tends to return ‘with ideas.’” techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/a...
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Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence | TechCrunch
Mullenweg said in a company Slack message that it was against his will.
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 09/09/2026
Kudzu in bloom
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 07/09/2026
File under #godforsakensouth, but on a hike yesterday some insect (wasp?) stung my ankle and whatever venom it injected made my immune system go haywire. Large area of swelling around the bite, hot to the touch, heart racing, hurt like hell & it won't go away! Added itching to the mix at 3 AM.
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 04/09/2026
I wonder if the term "headless" need a revamp for the agentic era.
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 01/09/2026
I chatted w @duv.bsky.social, Principal Consultant EveryDeveloper, about AX & discoverability for @redmonk.com's MonkCast. We discuss why LLMs recommend one devtool over another, & what vendors can do, from documentation to devx to content redmonk.com/videos/adam-... youtube.com/shorts/jX2p_...
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Devtools in AI: Success after discovery #aiengineering #softwaredevelopment
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 01/09/2026
Look at this, @abbeyperini.dev !! www.reddit.com/r/museum/s/u...
Ansel Adams photograph of IBM core weaving
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 27/08/2026
I chatted with Nikhil Mungel, Head of AI R&D at @criblinc.bsky.social, for the latest episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. Was especially interested in how Nikhil is thinking about the ideas of AI gateways and AI guardrails. Full episode: redmonk.com/videos/nikhi... youtube.com/shorts/zc_po...
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AI Gateway: Enforcing Policy & Guardrails #aiengineering #softwaredevelopment
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 24/08/2026
What’s the Difference between Agent Experience (AX) & Generative Engine Optimization (GEO, aka AI SEO, AEO, LLMGEO)? TLDR: GEO gets you mentioned, AX determines what happens next, but there's so much more to say!! redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
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What’s the Difference between Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) & Agent Experience (AX)?
TLDR, GEO gets you mentioned. AX determines what happens next. Story time! I recorded a podcast last week with Anne Bertucio de Hollembeak, COO of ROOST, (forthcoming, watch your MonkCast feed) and we...
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 13/08/2026
Sandwiches, Coding Agents, and Getting Results Without Paying Attention with @argntprgrmr.bsky.social at @renderatl.com
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 13/08/2026
Obligatory @pfrazee.com post on Bluesky!! Paul telling us about The Open At://mosphere.
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 13/08/2026
Reflections on AI making humans a “meat proxy” from @scott.hanselman.com at @renderatl.com
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 13/08/2026
Historically, registries answered a simple question: “Can I download this package?” Today’s tooling increasingly asks a different question: “Should I and how?” 1/3 redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
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The Artifact is Free, Assurance is the Product
Historically, registries answered a simple question: “Can I download this package?” Today’s tooling increasingly asks a different question: “Should I and how?” In the first post in this series, Modern...
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 13/08/2026
Hear my conversation with John Ellis, President of Codethink and the contributor to the Eclipse Trustable Software Framework, about why evidence is better than certificates. Full episode on @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/videos/john-... youtube.com/shorts/v5Rh9...
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Software certificates: process, not safety #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineer
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 12/08/2026
Evolution! Web! AI! All this and more from the incomparable @sarahedo.bsky.social at @renderatl.com
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 12/08/2026
Dependency hell!! Oh no, w @darcyclarke.me at @nodejs.org Interactive at @renderatl.com #NodeJSInteractive
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 12/08/2026
Look who’s visiting ATL 🍑 all the way from Italy 🇮🇹!! It’s @nodeland.dev, here at the @nodejs.org Interactive discussing the new release schedule for node #NodeJSInteractive
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 12/08/2026
Hooray! 🎉 @rginn206.bsky.social kicking off @nodejs.org Interactive at @renderatl.com
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 12/08/2026
Watching @angiejones.tech accept the commit award for Commit of the Year at @renderatl.com
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 09/08/2026
Double feature tonight: Nosferatu (1922) Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 04/08/2026
I spoke with @webchick.bsky.social, Sr. Mgr. of Community & Advocacy @temporal.io & lead of applied AI at Drupal, about AI's effects on #oss communities. Full episode @redmonk.com redmonk.com/videos/angie... youtube.com/shorts/QjYp5...
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AI's impact on open source projects with Angie Byron
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 03/08/2026
Happy Monday, @jerdog.dev. @pop-punk-bot.bsky.social, play us something to welcome August.
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 30/07/2026
Attackers are using AI to write phishing emails & fake PRs for pennies. Defenders are drowning in AI-generated bug reports. I'm giving a talk about why it has not been a relaxing year for the JavaScript supply chain at @nodejs.org + @renderatl.com. #RenderATL
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 28/07/2026
A modern software registry is increasingly a trust service. Public registries like @github.com's @npmjs.com & @pypi.org provide identity, provenance, discovery, policy, short-lived signing, & reputation, but #AI has made trust newly important @redmonk.com redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
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Modern Software Registries are a Trust Service
A modern software registry is increasingly a trust service. Public registries like npm and PyPI provide identity, provenance, discovery, policy, short-lived signing, and reputation. They were built as...
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 28/07/2026
What do Viking needlework, the Apollo guidance computer, & a $7 Etsy crochet pattern have in common? More than you'd think! For this @redmonk.com MonkCast, I chat w @abbeyperini.dev about the tangled history of fiber arts & programming. redmonk.com/videos/abbey... youtube.com/shorts/o1ast...
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Knitting patterns as a gateway to programming w Abbey Perini #softwaredevelopment #fabricart #makers
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 26/07/2026
@pop-punk-bot.bsky.social surprise me!
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Cilla Black's Classic Surprise! Surprise! Moment
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Jeremy, the patronizing Saint of DevOps 🇺🇦 @jerdog.dev · 26/07/2026
Not sure that @kateholterhoff.com will be thanking me or not, but for 2000s pop punk posts and replies to mentions... there is now @pop-punk-bot.bsky.social
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 23/07/2026
Any of my friends on here reading @mattdinniman.bsky.social's Dungeon Crawler Carl books? I'm on the 2nd, and they're a hoot! Highly recommend. I suspect the RPG-lovers on here would really enjoy them. I'm picking up most of the references, but had to look up "buff." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon...
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Dungeon Crawler Carl - Wikipedia
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 21/07/2026
Come hang out with @rstephens.me in SF!!
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 20/07/2026
When I see Tom Cruise doing a World Cup intro monologue within days of seeing the trailer for his new movie, and a "viral" tweet on Reddit about him hanging with AMC employees at the Odyssey, I just want to run into the woods. It's all so obviously manufactured & choreographed. I want to be free.
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 12/07/2026
Caption this photo.
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RedMonk @redmonk.com · 09/07/2026
Are internal developer portals dead? In this RedMonk conversation, @kateholterhoff.com talks with Balaji Sivasubramanian, Senior Director, Product Management, Agentic AI Developer Platform at Red Hat, about why he isn't convinced. redmonk.com/videos/balaj...
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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, abo...
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 30/06/2026
Chatted with @chrisdemars.net, Sr. Dev Advocate @tuxcare.bsky.social, for this @redmonk.com MonkCast. We discuss patching, #oss, & security from typosquatting to Shai-Hulud to getting locked out of his own Microsoft VS Code editor @ #Vueconf26: redmonk.com/videos/chris... youtube.com/shorts/9bSc0...
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Why #qualityassurance is still important in #softwaredevelopment w Chris Demars
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 26/06/2026
Watched "Night of the Hunter" last night and it is potentially the best movie I've ever seen. Robert Mitchum is incredible and the dreamlike cinematography! Wow. I can see why it has been so influential for later filmmakers.
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sarcastic parrot @monkchips.com · 25/06/2026
a classic spicy conversation between @infrequently.org and @kateholterhoff.com. seriously it's well worth a listen. Alex Russell on PWAs, App Stores, and Mobile Performance.
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 23/06/2026
Hear @jherr.dev walk me through @tanstack.com’s npm Mini Shai-Hulud Compromise. We discuss why developers are becoming more security aware & why the supply chain and CI/CD is more important than ever in the #AI era. Full episode @redmonk.com 👉 redmonk.com/videos/jack-... youtube.com/shorts/Uezbn...
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TanStack's Mini Shai Hulud Cache Poisoning Vulnerability w Jack Herrington #developer #aidevelopment
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 16/06/2026
Interested in the story behind @voidzero.dev joining @cloudflare.social? So was I! Luckily @evanyou.me, Founder & CEO of VoidZero, creator of @vuejs.org & @vite.dev, & now part of Cloudflare's #oss team, joined me to discuss. 👉 redmonk.com/videos/evan-... @redmonk.com youtube.com/shorts/98v0t...
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Cloudflare's VoidZero #acquisition & #oss commitments with Evan You #startup
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RedMonk @redmonk.com · 09/06/2026
Hear @monkchips.com & @kateholterhoff.com's Quick Take on #MSBuild 2026, live at Fort Mason. Their first impression: @microsoft.com aimed the event squarely at developers, borrowing a lot from @github.com's playbook. The keynote ran 2+hrs & packed in plenty. redmonk.com/videos/qt-mi...
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RedMonk Quick Take: Microsoft Build 2026
RedMonk’s James Governor and Kate Holterhoff sat down at Fort Mason to give their take on Microsoft Build 2026. Their first impression: Microsoft shrank the event and aimed it squarely at developers, ...
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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 09/06/2026
Hear @monkchips.com & I discuss what we're seeing around models at #MSBuild 2026 in Fort Mason. Come for @microsoft.com's 7 MAI models, and stay for the Mythic Quest (Ian Grimm, IYKYK) Aion models. Full conversation at @redmonk.com 👉 redmonk.com/videos/qt-mi... youtube.com/shorts/2rG_H...
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#microsoft Build 2026 analysis w RedMonk's James Governor & Kate Holterhoff #aimodel #aidevelopment
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Google Open Source @opensource.google · 08/06/2026
The ever changing landscape of GenAI policy in open source is not as cut and dry as one might think. Each project and foundation has their own take and these graphs show how it is currently stacking up.
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