Tag: #sustainability
Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 11 posts
Reviving Retired DDR4 — Meta's CXL Bridge Chip, Vistara
DDR5 prices keep rising while perfectly good DDR4 from retired servers piles up in the warehouse. Meta's Vistara, presented at ISCA 2026, is a custom CXL bridge chip that revives that old DDR4 inside modern DDR5 servers
2026-07-11 · 7 min read #cxl#infrastructure#memory#hardware#sustainabilityOur Obligations to Future Generations — To Those Not Yet Born
What do we owe to people who do not yet exist? A balanced look at Parfit non-identity problem, climate and debt, the discount-rate debate, and intergenerational justice, from several competing perspectives.
2026-06-21 · 32 min read #ethics#future-generations#philosophy#climate#justiceConsumerism and Identity — Am I What I Buy?
Are the things we buy mere tools, or a language that tells the world who we are? From the workings of consumer society to brands and the self, positional goods, the psychology of advertising, and the movements of minimal
2026-06-21 · 67 min read #culture#consumerism#identity#sociology#minimalismThe Climate Crisis and the Individual — Can a Tumbler Save the Planet?
What should we do, caught between refusing a single plastic straw and transforming a vast energy system? From the basics of climate science to the hidden history of the carbon footprint, from genuinely effective actions
2026-06-21 · 33 min read #climate#environment#science#society#essayPower and Cooling in the AI Data Center — Infrastructure for the Gigawatt Era
As AI capex explodes and data centers grow to gigawatt scale, power and cooling have emerged as the dominant constraints. We map the big picture: surging rack power density, the limits of air cooling versus direct liquid
2026-06-16 · 21 min read #datacenter#ai-infrastructure#cooling#power#liquid-coolingESG and Sustainability Data and Investing 2026 — MSCI, Sustainalytics, S&P, Refinitiv, ISS, FTSE, Bloomberg, KCGS, GPIF Deep Dive
ESG investing in 2026 is no longer a marketing slogan but a capital markets standard underpinned by regulatory infrastructure. MSCI ESG Ratings runs an AAA-CCC industry-relative, materiality-weighted scale; Sustainalytic
2026-05-25 · 22 min read #esg#sustainability#msci-esg#sustainalytics#sp-esgOpen Source Funding in 2026: How Maintainers Actually Get Paid — GitHub Sponsors, Polar, Open Collective, Tidelift, Ko-fi Deep Dive
An honest comparison of the nine channels open source maintainers actually use to get paid in 2026 — GitHub Sponsors, Polar.sh, Open Collective, Tidelift, Patreon, Ko-fi, Liberapay, Thanks.dev, and Algora. Which channels
2026-05-14 · 24 min read #oss-funding#github-sponsors#polar#open-collective#tideliftAWS Well-Architected Framework Complete Guide 2025: Six Pillars, Practical Adoption, Cost/Security/Performance
Everything about the AWS Well-Architected Framework: six pillars (Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Sustainability), practical checklists, Well-Architected Tool usa
2026-04-15 · 14 min read #aws#well-architected#cloud-architecture#security#reliabilityAI's Power Crisis: Why Data Centers Need Nuclear Plants (The Numbers Don't Lie)
Global data centers 415TWh to 980TWh by 2030, a 2x increase. Microsoft $16B nuclear restart, Amazon $20B nuclear campus, Google SMR deal. AI water usage equals global bottled water consumption. B200 at 1,000W per chip: e
2026-03-22 · 22 min read #ai#energy#power#nuclear#datacenterNuclear Energy Renaissance: The Global Energy Revolution of 2026
With over 20 countries pledging to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050, this analysis examines the global nuclear renaissance, technological advances, and investment outlook.
2026-03-17 · 6 min read #nuclear-energy#renewable-energy#climate-change#energy-policy#sustainabilityClimate Tech Revolution 2026: Sodium Batteries, Advanced Nuclear, and Green Hydrogen Reshaping Energy
2026 marks a turning point in climate technology: sodium-ion batteries challenge lithium for grid storage, Kairos Power's advanced fission reactor receives historic approval, and green hydrogen drops below 2 USD per kilo
2026-03-16 · 8 min read #climate#clean-energy#technology#sustainability#current-affairs