Decarbonising Software Development - SoCraTesUK/socrates-uk GitHub Wiki

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Thanks to Extinction Rebellion, decarbonisation is finally on the agenda.

What does this mean to us as software developers? What can we do to reduce the carbon footprint of the systems we create?

I don't have any answers, but I have some questions, so join me for a conversation:

• What techniques can we use to reduce the resources our systems need to run?
• What types of infrastructure have lower resource demands?
• What is the impact of our choice of technology on our users and their devices? How can we write applications that make lower demands. (Slack, I'm looking at you!)
• What are the best service providers for low-carbon computing?
• Can we use technology to replace high-carbon systems?
• What other resources and externalities should we be thinking about?

This Twitter thread may be a good conversation starter: https://twitter.com/monadic/status/1133678258338373632

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