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

Fact check: How Big Is WordPress?

Oct 29, 20227 min read

Is it actually "powering 40% of the web" and "over 455 million sites"? · I can think of marketing, economic, even historical reasons to care about the...

Fact check: How Big Is WordPress?

How big is the Worldwide Web (and where do the numbers come from)?

Oct 22, 20226 min read

A look under the hood · How many websites are there in the world? This could be considered a good quiz show question, with contestants choosing from...

How big is the Worldwide Web (and where do the numbers come from)?

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

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?