KellyAnn Fitzpatrick

the “long eighteenth century” happening every other week now

Thanks, Laurence!

Thanks, Tracy!

And IIRC those are KubeCon San Diego cocktails 🍸

Three things that matter I have spent a lot of time on the road lately: three conferences (Monki Gras, KubeCon, Atlassian Team ‘25) in the past three weeks, with SIGCSE 2025 and Dynatrace Perform earlier this year and a slew ...

ICYMI, Friday was my last day at @redmonk.com

I am excited about what’s next for me (more on this next week). For now, just want to say how grateful I am to my RedMonk colleagues for my time as a monk.

Also, I left you a post on my way out:
redmonk.com/kfitzpatrick...

Awww, thanks, Swarna!

Thanks, Taylor! ❤️

Thank you, Rachel—it has been such a privilege to be your colleague!

Thank you!

Two pairs of adorable Kubernetes earrings

Picked up a pair for @rstephens.me (and one for myself)—thank you!

🎉🎉🎉

How was Yorkshire?

A glass of champagne

#MonkiGras here I come!

Who will I see there?

I'm looking for my next thing, and I need to move fast. I have several years of experience in developer relations from startups to the enterprise, and I'm particularly skilled at distilling complex topics into something easily understood by newbies and non-technical folks alike, on stage or off. 1/3

Absolutely professional imho

RMC: Psychology, Technological Innovation, and Why We Need Science (with Dr. Cat Hicks) Dr. Cat Hicks, a psychologist studying software teams, joins RedMonk’s Kelly Fitzpatrick to discuss the role of psychology in technological innovation. Dr. Hicks emphasizes the importance of understan...

And check out the show notes for links to excellent related public scholarship from both @grimalkina.bsky.social and @analog-ashley.bsky.social

redmonk.com/blog/2025/03...

For anyone out there who is considering (or knows someone who is considering) a career in STEM, some thoughtful, timely, and much appreciated advice from @grimalkina.bsky.social

The full conversation: redmonk.com/blog/2025/03...

@monkchips.bsky.social and I will be there 🎉

Take a few minutes and listen to this conversation with the always brilliant @grimalkina.bsky.social on the psychology of software teams, the importance of psychology to technical innovation, and why we need science.

Full episode here: redmonk.com/blog/2025/03...

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.

The plane needs more medicinal bourbon in this case

like I am 80% sure my first flight this morning ran out of bourbon before we finished de-icing

In 2025, is every Saturday morning flight basically like a flight to Vegas, or are folks just Buffalo Tracing their way through the end times?

How does @githubeducation.bsky.social plan to reach 1 BILLION developers? @github.com's @avni321.bsky.social joins @kellyann.bsky.social to talk global developer enablement, the role of generative AI, and why the world needs coding skills now more than ever.
redmonk.com/blog/2025/02...

Hi!

Screenshot saying “Finally, hats off to Rachel Stephens, who was promoted to Research Director at RedMonk. Congrats Rachel!

In the latest @redmonk.com update from @kateholterhoff.bsky.social. Congratulations @rstephens.me A very well deserved promotion!!!!

it's just my experience, but i've been calling my rep's offices regularly since 2016, and one of my rep's mailboxes is full and half of one senator's lines either don't go through or were busy.

that's never happened in the time i have been calling.

keep the pressure on. call your reps. 5calls.org

Wild how the category of “women” must both be ruthlessly defended by the right but also stripped from all direct research, support, or institutional funding.

my December 2024 brain has some serious explaining to do

All the coffee

Has the “I just want to pick your brain: 2025 edition” started as well?