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A carbon aware internet
Knowing the carbon intensity of the electricity grids in which code runs can allow developers to make informed decisions about where/when to run their code.
Writing - Featured
A collection of my most popular blog posts about website sustainability and performance.
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A conversation with Gaël Duez on Green I/O
I had the pleasure of talking web sustainability with Gaël Duez for the first episode of the Green I/O podcast.
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Checking the sustainability of third-party requests with “Are my third parties green?”
“Are my third parties green?” is an online tool that checks the sustainability of third-party requests made by any web page. This post provides some insights into how it was built, and what other features are planned.
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“Use less. Use green. Buy green.”
By using less power, using green power, and buying from green suppliers businesses and individuals alike can reduce their carbon footprint. How would we go about applying this same thinking to website performance and sustainability?
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COP26.org: A quick sustainability check
With COP26 about to take place in Glasgow, let's take a quick look at how the COP26 homepage holds up in terms digital sustainability. What's its carbon footprint, and can it be improved?
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Reducing website carbon emissions
As our thirst for data, connectivity, and content grows, so does the portion of global carbon emissions attributed to the internet. In this post, we'll take a look at the steps frontend developers can take to make sites more efficient and better for the planet.
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Frontend tips to speed up your WordPress website
WordPress powers over 40% of the internet. It's a powerful platform that makes content creation possible for more people. In this post we'll cover some simple performance optimisation tips you can use to make your WordPress website faster!
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Core Web Vitals and Google Search
Core Web Vitals are a set of page experience metrics that will be making up part of Google's the search ranking mix from June, 2021. So, what exactly are they?