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Code probably won't help that much, but using green hosting providers is very helpful. Think of all those servers drawing power 24x7, that are powered by burnin

• CharlesW 6y ago
  > Is it possible to build a carbon-neutral SaaS app, given all the dependencies we have on SaaS providers these days? Yes, with carbon offsets: https://www.treehugger.com/best-carbon-offset-programs-5076458 https://www.treehugger.com/best-carbon-offset-programs-50764... WIRED "green report card" for the big cloud providers: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-google-microsoft-green-clouds-and-hyperscale-data-centers/ https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-google-microsoft-green-cl... Amazon's 2025 goal for 100% renewable: https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/the-cloud?energyType=true https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/the-cloud...
  • crispyporkbites 6y ago
    But what about the bazillions of other providers involved in building an app e.g. GitHub, npm, circleci, sentry, the App Store, sendgrid, mail chimp etc. etc. Sure you can code/implement everything yourself on an eco-friendly server but that's unrealistic/wasteful these days. A registry of SaaS providers that respect the environment would be very useful.