Brendan Kamp

From sketching out app designs to wrestling the beasts of infrastructure, I’ve been on a mission to understand every layer of the tech stack. CI/CD implementation? Check. Navigating the maze of team culture and organisational structure? Check. E-commerce consulting? Check check.

So now I’m using my experience, insight, and perspective to look at how we make it all more sustainable.

When it comes down to it, I like people, I like tech, I like the planet… and I love helping people build tech that is better for the planet.

Posts by Brendan Kamp

Green Data Centres: Data at Scale, Impact at Zero?

Green Data Centres: Data at Scale, Impact at Zero?

As technology scales, data centres quietly contribute more and more to the climate crisis.

| Feb 20, 2024
Follow the Sun: Greening the IT Landscape, One Sunrise at a Time

Follow the Sun: Greening the IT Landscape, One Sunrise at a Time

“Follow the Sun” sounds like ambiguous guidance from Yoda. It is also:

| Jan 29, 2024
No More Greenwashing? 4 Things to Consider If You Work with Software.

No More Greenwashing? 4 Things to Consider If You Work with Software.

What a week for planet Earth. (And I’m sure it’s been a helluva week for planet Mars too but that’s …

| Jan 19, 2024
Energy Proportionality and the Promise of Greener Systems

Energy Proportionality and the Promise of Greener Systems

The cloud is just someone else’s computer. While a funny metaphor and thought-provoking …

| Jan 11, 2024
A Christmas Tree Carbon Story

A Christmas Tree Carbon Story

My partner LOVES Christmas time. The lights, the markets, finding the biggest tree (then carrying …

| Dec 19, 2023
Beyond the Code: Carbon Impact of Large Language Models (LLMs)

Beyond the Code: Carbon Impact of Large Language Models (LLMs)

I’m sure you’ve heard of ChatGPT, Copilot, or any of the other many (many, many, many) AI tools …

| Dec 18, 2023
Green Metrics: Enhancing Code Efficiency with Sorting Algorithms

Green Metrics: Enhancing Code Efficiency with Sorting Algorithms

Measuring the energy consumption of your software is like playing jenga

| Nov 24, 2023
Embodied Carbon in IT: Impact and Management Strategies

Embodied Carbon in IT: Impact and Management Strategies

This week, I found myself thinking about the gaps in sustainable software development.

| Nov 23, 2023
Node Sizing: Key to Energy-Efficient Computing

Node Sizing: Key to Energy-Efficient Computing

There are constant arguments, opinions, and memes about how to make more sustainable decisions.

| Nov 13, 2023
Optimizing Code Efficiency: Sustainability & Big O Notation

Optimizing Code Efficiency: Sustainability & Big O Notation

During my time at university, I wrestled with the concept of Big O notation, never quite grasping …

| Oct 19, 2023