Ismael Velasco
Dev On A Journey

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Ismael Velasco

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

How many emissions in a gigabyte of data?

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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?

Fact check: Is Bitcoin catastrophic, insignificant or a strong net positive for the environment?

Mar 13, 202331 min read

In their extreme positions, all three of these assessments are misleading, and all three contain some nuggets of truth. Bitcoin is the most visible...

Fact check: Is Bitcoin catastrophic, insignificant or a strong net positive for the environment?

Looking back on 10 years of the Adora Foundation

Jan 2, 20231 min read

Looking back on 10 years of the Adora Foundation

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