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Building Green Software: A Sustainable Approach to Software Development and Operations
How will software development and operations have to change to meet the sustainability and green needs of the planet? And what does that imply for development organizations? In this eye-opening book, sustainable software advocates Anne Currie, Sarah Hsu, and Sara Bergman provide a unique overview of this topic—discussing everything from the likely evolution of national grids to the effect those changes will have on the day-to-day lives of developers.
Ideal for everyone from new developers to CTOs, Building Green Software tackles the challenges involved and shows you how to build, host, and operate code in a way that's not only better for the planet but also cheaper and relatively low-risk for your business. Most hyperscale public cloud providers have already committed to net-zero IT operations by 2030. This book shows you how to get on board.
You'll
How the energy transition is likely to change hosting on prem and in the cloud—and how your company can prepareThe fundamental architectural principles of sustainable software development and how to apply themHow to determine which parts of your system need to changeThe concept of extending hardware longevity and the part that software plays
Ideal for everyone from new developers to CTOs, Building Green Software tackles the challenges involved and shows you how to build, host, and operate code in a way that's not only better for the planet but also cheaper and relatively low-risk for your business. Most hyperscale public cloud providers have already committed to net-zero IT operations by 2030. This book shows you how to get on board.
You'll
How the energy transition is likely to change hosting on prem and in the cloud—and how your company can prepareThe fundamental architectural principles of sustainable software development and how to apply themHow to determine which parts of your system need to changeThe concept of extending hardware longevity and the part that software plays
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415 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 8, 2024
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October 12, 2024
A very well written book for a topic that should get more attention in our industry.
A couple of chapters could have been shorter. The part on core sustainability concepts is well summarized but also with some inaccuracies. As the authors correctly point out in the book, this is a topic that needs a multidisciplinary approach.
I wish for a future book a more holistic perspective on product design and user centered topics.
A couple of chapters could have been shorter. The part on core sustainability concepts is well summarized but also with some inaccuracies. As the authors correctly point out in the book, this is a topic that needs a multidisciplinary approach.
I wish for a future book a more holistic perspective on product design and user centered topics.
October 29, 2025
Do the simple things like switching off servers. That often has a bigger impact than rewriting in Rust, and is way quicker and easier.
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