Highlighted by Celia Emmelhainz
From Be Careful What You Code For by danah boyd
But what about the clouds we techies make? Those clouds take. They require rare earth metals and soak up land, power, and water. Many big companies are working hard to think about the environmental impact of data centers, to think about the carbon implications. (I’m proud to work for one of them.) Big companies still have a long way to go, but at least they’re trying. But how many developers out there are trying to write green code? At best, folks are thinking about the cost-per-computation, but most developers are pretty sloppy w…