Permacomputing is a concept and community of practice oriented around resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology, inspired by permaculture. It encourages a sustainable approach to computing, maximizing hardware lifespans, minimizing energy use, and focusing on existing resources.
Announcement of the SF Permacomputing Club, a meetup group discussing and working with the principles of permacomputing, focusing on resilience, regenerativity, and alternatives to mainstream computing infrastructure.
Sam Newman discusses the three golden rules of distributed computing and how they necessitate robust handling of timeouts, retries, and idempotency. He provides practical, data-driven strategies for implementing these principles, including using request IDs and server-side fingerprinting to create safe, resilient distributed systems.
Collapse OS is a Forth-based operating system designed to preserve microcontroller programming capabilities after a civilizational collapse, focusing on minimal resources, improvisation, and self-sufficiency.
