We Should Be Talking About The Environmental Impact Of GPUs

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The average webpage produces approximately 0.8 grams of CO2 equivalent per page view, resulting in 102 grams of CO2 per year for a website with 10,000 monthly page views. Emphasis should be placed on the environmental impact of web services, such as environmentally sustainable websites and the preference for dark mode to reduce energy consumption. The website carbon calculator for syntax.fm ranks cleaner than 78% of websites globally, highlighting the importance of environmental considerations in web development.

In this Potluck episode, Scott and Wes tackle listener questions on modern blogging, website environmental impact, and using LangChain with LLMs. They also cover CSS hyphens, unit vs. integration testing, and balancing web development with new parenthood.

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00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:13 How to submit a question for future episodes.
- Potluck Questions.
02:46 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
03:21 Logging from a site.
08:39 Blogging in 2024.
11:49 Sharing website environmental data.
17:38 Using LangChain when working with LLMs.
21:03 CSS Hyphens and Overflow-Wrap.
- Hyphens Browser Compatibility.
- Overflow-Wrap.
25:52 Similarities between WASM, JVM and .NET.
27:25 Writing unit testing and integration testing.
32:00 How can new parents stay current on web development trends?
34:47 Working globally as a freelance developer.
37:26 Scott’s audio setup. Why audio interfaces have DSP built in.
- ChaseBliss Pedal.
43:04 UI libraries for synth/audio plugins.
44:02 CSS module scripts.
- CSS Modules in CSS Module Scripts.
48:39 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.