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Green IT: Reducing the Environmental Footprint of IT and APIs with Erik Wilde

Green IT: Reducing the Environmental Footprint of IT and APIs with Erik Wilde

I popped on the legondary Erik Wilde's YouTube channel to talk about green tech, which uses creative and cost-effective solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of your web stack, data centers, and APIs.

Carbon Offsetting Isn't The Problem, "Carbon Neutrality" Is

Carbon Offsetting Isn't The Problem, "Carbon Neutrality" Is

Carbon offsetting often sparks heated debatesbut the issue is not with carbon offsetting, but with the flawed concept of carbon neutrality.

Unf**king the Climate - Part 6: The Role of Renewable Energy

Series: Unf**king the Climate

Unf**king the Climate - Part 6: The Role of Renewable Energy

Renewable energy is not just the cleanest way to generate electricity, it has long been the cheapest. Switching our fossil fuel energy systems over to renewable energy around the world is not just crucial to the climate crisis, but will save a huge amount of money for all of us.

The Best Possible Quality Tree Planting

The Best Possible Quality Tree Planting

Attempting to end the infighting on tree planting vs natural regeneration so we can all focus on getting on the critical job of doing loads of both, and when we are planting, let's do it properly.

Navigating the Nuances of Development: Beyond NIMBY and YIMBY

Navigating the Nuances of Development: Beyond NIMBY and YIMBY

Reducing every discussion down to NIMBY/YIMBY ignores that fact that every single project has its own particular cost/benefit analysis and environmental impact assessment.

Testing Laravel Nova Actions

Testing Laravel Nova Actions

How can you write automated tests for Laravel Nova Actions, without firing up a whole browser simulation headache?

Going Hard on Paid API Consulting & Writing

Hire me to help you with whatever API, HTTP, OpenAPI, or system architecture troubles you're dealing with.

Struggling to Balance Charity Work and Income

Struggling to Balance Charity Work and Income

I co-found Protect Earth in 2020 and none of us knew how big it would become. We plant tens of thousands of trees all over the country every year, and for me that work is entirely unpaid. Being brutally honest I could do with some help.

What is Green Software?

What is Green Software?

The Internet, good or bad? It's causing about 4% of global emissions, so either way we should probably do something about that, and the Green Software Foundation is here to help us figure out what to do.

HS2 Was Never Going to Destroy 108 Ancient Woodlands

HS2 Was Never Going to Destroy 108 Ancient Woodlands

You may have heard about High-Speed Rail 2, and you may have heard that it was going to (or already had) destroyed 108 ancient woodlands. That is not true. It was never true, not even before the Tories slashed the plans for Hs2 to pieces.

Somebody Stole My Laptop, Then A Ragtag Crew of Strangers Got It Back

Somebody Stole My Laptop, Then A Ragtag Crew of Strangers Got It Back

I went on a Flight Free holiday and ended up being a sleepy mess, left my bag on a train, had the laptop stolen out of it, but a bunch of strangers conspired to get it back to me against all odds.

Tommy's Outdoors Podcast: Save Blackswarth Road Wood

Tommy's Outdoors Podcast: Save Blackswarth Road Wood

Recently I had the pleasure of being invited onto Tommy's Outdoors Podcast to discuss Protect Earth's effort to rescue Blackswarth Road Wood in Bristol from misguided housing developers, and the charity in general.