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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, Research Director
@rstephensme, LinkedIn, Blog
Kate Holterhoff, Senior Industry Analyst
@KateHolterhoff, LinkedIn, Blog
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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 Analysts
James 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
AI's Grumpy-Fun Era (with Rachel Stephens, Kate Holterhoff, & James Governor)
The MonkCast
24 minutes
1 month ago
AI's Grumpy-Fun Era (with Rachel Stephens, Kate Holterhoff, & James Governor)
In this MonkCast with the Monks episode, RedMonk analysts Rachel Stephens, Kate Holterhoff, and James Governor discuss the current 'grumpy era' of AI, where developers are questioning the ROI of AI tools and their effectiveness. They check in on AI code assistants, vibe coding, agentic IDEs, AI spec-driven development, and the AI Engineer.
Show notes: https://redmonk.com/blog/2025/09/11/ais-grumpy-fun-era/
The MonkCast
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 Analysts
James 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
