Like many others, we at re:cinq have been attempting to measure energy consumption of virtualized services running on cloud providers. I mean… how else is one going to reduce carbon emissions if they cannot be measured to begin with?
read moreAs technology scales, data centres quietly contribute more and more to the climate crisis. While estimates vary, the tech industry generates roughly 2–3% of global emissions .
read moreChange is inevitable. It requires that your organisation’s codebase is sustainable and you are able to change all the things you ought to change, safely, and can do so for the lifespan of your product. That’s where SRE’s come into play. There is another uncovered sustainability aspect to software and platforms, which this blog post will dive into and show how SREs should extend their scope by one metric.
read more“Follow the Sun” sounds like ambiguous guidance from Yoda. It is also:
read moreWhat a week for planet Earth. (And I’m sure it’s been a helluva week for planet Mars too but that’s not my concern right now.)
read moreThe cloud is just someone else’s computer.
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