Ismael Velasco
Dev On A Journey

Dev On A Journey

Ismael Velasco

Ismael Velasco

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Software engineer. Sustainability champion. Community builder. Diversity harnesser. Design thinker architecting impact through tech, research and social action.

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A starter kit for building climate friendly software

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Jul 2, 20223 min read

3 minute tour of key online resources that will help you be a carbon cutting, page speed racing, climate friendly dev. · When you think about climate...

A starter kit for building climate friendly software

Green Software and Hardware Obsolescence

Sep 26, 20223 min read

Our software is virtual, can seem abstract but it is at the heart of social injustices, armed conflicts, and a pollution epidemic poisoning soil,...

Green Software and Hardware Obsolescence

Is WordPress Killing the Planet?

Sep 23, 202218 min read

How do we estimate the number of websites in the world, how many are active, how many use WordPress, and WordPress' global carbon footprint? · If you've...

Is WordPress Killing the Planet?

How many emissions in a gigabyte of data?

Aug 21, 20229 min read

It's complicated... · The Big Picture In my post on the green potential of event driven architectures and AsyncApi I noted that in 2022 4.8 zettabytes of...

How many emissions in a gigabyte of data?

Could AsyncApi Make A Dent on Climate Change?

Aug 4, 20225 min read

Can an API specification really change the world? It may at first sight seem like linking an emergent API specification to the biggest existential...

Could AsyncApi Make A Dent on Climate Change?

2. Green Mode Design: Implementation Strategies

Aug 2, 20229 min read

In the second of the Green Mode Design series, I will move from the general design concept outlined in Part 1 to a first proposal on how it may be...

2. Green Mode Design: Implementation Strategies