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Green Data Centres: Data at Scale, Impact at Zero?
As technology scales, data centres quietly contribute more and more to the climate crisis. While …
Bridging The Gap - Brigning Sustainability to SRE
Change is inevitable. It requires that your organisation’s codebase is sustainable and you are able …
Follow the Sun: Greening the IT Landscape, One Sunrise at a Time
“Follow the Sun” sounds like ambiguous guidance from Yoda. It is also: An indie song …
Energy Proportionality and the Promise of Greener Systems
The cloud is just someone else’s computer. While a funny metaphor and thought-provoking …
A Christmas Tree Carbon Story
My partner LOVES Christmas time. The lights, the markets, finding the biggest tree (then carrying …
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 …
Green Metrics: Enhancing Code Efficiency with Sorting Algorithms
Measuring the energy consumption of your software is like playing jenga while getting a tattoo from …
Embodied Carbon in IT: Impact and Management Strategies
This week, I found myself thinking about the gaps in sustainable software development. And if you’re …
Node Sizing: Key to Energy-Efficient Computing
There are constant arguments, opinions, and memes about how to make more sustainable decisions. …
Optimizing Code Efficiency: Sustainability & Big O Notation
During my time at university, I wrestled with the concept of Big O notation, never quite grasping …