Help! My Python Calculator Burns More Resources Than Apollo...
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Talk explains that Python-based calculators can use far more CPU and memory than older embedded systems because modern software expands to available resources, citing Mirvold’s ‘software is like gas’ idea. It presents benchmarks (2017) showing C, Rust and Go use much less CPU than Python and argues for replacing hot paths or entire libraries with Rust/Go, using modern stacks rather than opaque serverless/no‑code for heavy workloads, and measuring impact with tools like Website Carbon (example: WWF runs an on‑prem site on renewables).
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:50Mirvold's software laws
- 5:03Moore's Law limits
- 7:10Apollo vs iPhone 14
- 9:03Software ecological impact
- 10:07Modern languages optimization
- 11:29Cloud serverless sustainable
- 12:56KISS principle
- 13:58Green code future
- 14:41Conclusion
- 15:02Q&A
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