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Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
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Re: Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
#12Use compiled binaries everywhere! End the hegemonic AntiGreen opression of dynamic languages! ;) . CORE - compile once, read everywhere is here to save us
Re: Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
#13Drops in the bucket while data-centers burn most of their consumed power in cooling, ups bleed, and idle unused capacity before a single line of code is run.
Re: Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
#14With all the bloat-tastic web sites there are these days... What if a browser or plug-in displayed a little animated "Electric Meter" icon, which showed how power-sucking the site you were currently viewing was? With a few customization options (title, colors) users could re-label it as "battery sentry", "bill miser", "earth saver", or whatever floated their boat.
Seems like something that could really appeal to Joe Average User.
Re: Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
#15It looks like most comments here ridicule the idea. I think it's something that for some reason is discussed more in Europe than in the USA.
Basically, the point here is that (1) if any given computation can be performed in several ways, and one of them consumes less energy, you should strive to use it, (2) if you can get a similar result by using significantly less energy, you should consider it.
The reason for that is the scale: at this point we can not ignore the fact that the number of computing machines in everyday use is so high that even small changes that impact a large number of them also impact the whole environment. So obviously we are talking mainly about biggest players mainly. But not only: if your small library or app becomes so popular everybody starts to use it, you can make a difference, too (plus your users will love you - nobody likes resource hogs).
Re: Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
#16It looks like most comments here ridicule the idea. I think it's something that for some reason is discussed more in Europe than in the USA. Basically, the point here is that (1) if any given computation can be performed in several ways, and one of them consumes less energy, you should strive to use it, (2) if you can get a similar result by using significantly less energy, you should consider it. The reason for that…
Europe can start by ditching those idiotic cookie warning popups. I bet that alone can power a small country size of Denmark!
Re: Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
#17Delivered by a page needing 4+ Mb for something that's mostly just text. Well done showing us how to save the planet!
Re: Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
#18Use Nim instead of Rust and C++. Shorter compile times.
Re: Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
#19Nice to see an article on environmental impacts but it seems to be missing the "approach" of simply using less energy.. For example:
1. Generating less logs & expiring them more quickly 2. Including fewer third-party SDKs 3. Using lower-resolution images & videos 4. Not encouraging people to buy unnecessary goods through marketing..
Re: Our Code Is Harming the Planet, We Need Carbon Aware Design Patterns
#20Pointless animation on that page - wasting cycles - needless carbon spent. Vile hypocrites.
"Good for thee but not for me!"