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From their manifesto [0] https://www.sustainablewebmanifesto.com/ https://www.sustainablewebmanifesto.com/ > Efficient > The products and services we provide

by ethbr0 5y ago

From their manifesto [0] https://www.sustainablewebmanifesto.com/ https://www.sustainablewebmanifesto.com/ > Efficient > The products and services we provide will use the least amount of energy and material resources possible. Ha! Let's see how much impact this has on the current web industry. Development velocity vs efficiency. I've yet to see a shop avoid Tower of Babel stacks that increase the former, at the expense of the latter. Unless it's a backwards-compatible drop-in upgrade. And even then, it doesn't bubble high on the priority list. [0] Obligatory https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwozkbmjzC4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwozkbmjzC4

shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
There's a well-known correlation between site speed, and selling more stuff. So, the idea that a shop wouldn't be interested in having an efficient website is incorrect. As for backwards-compatible drop-in upgrades. They do exists, and people do use them. Making them easier would go a long way. An example would be migrating a wordpress site to be statically generated — there are plugins and services that do that.
- ethbr0 5y ago
  Interested is one thing. Companies are interested in many things. Equality, human rights support, sustainability, etc. That doesn't mean they value them more than something which influences the bottom line. Or will adopt them at a cost to the bottom line. If you're going to pitch slower and more expensive development to a team, it needs a lot better hook than this. ... Unless we're talking about Exxon, who will probably adopt this tomorrow to show how seriously they take climate change.
  - shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
    In my experience, making a sustaible website means doing more talking, and a lot less coding. You are making less stuff after all. It's also about creativity, having pride in your work, living your values.

by ethbr0 5y ago

shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago

There's a well-known correlation between site speed, and selling more stuff. So, the idea that a shop wouldn't be interested in having an efficient website is incorrect. As for backwards-compatible drop-in upgrades. They do exists, and people do use them. Making them easier would go a long way. An example would be migrating a wordpress site to be statically generated — there are plugins and services that do that.

ethbr0 5y ago
Interested is one thing. Companies are interested in many things. Equality, human rights support, sustainability, etc. That doesn't mean they value them more than something which influences the bottom line. Or will adopt them at a cost to the bottom line. If you're going to pitch slower and more expensive development to a team, it needs a lot better hook than this. ... Unless we're talking about Exxon, who will probably adopt this tomorrow to show how seriously they take climate change.
- shadowfaxRodeo 5y ago
  In my experience, making a sustaible website means doing more talking, and a lot less coding. You are making less stuff after all. It's also about creativity, having pride in your work, living your values.