A Question of Code

What impact does web development have on climate change? And what can we do to make things better?

Show Notes

We're joined for this episode by Natalia Waniczek. Natalia is a web developer building hybrid mobile apps and websites at Elixel. With a passion for environment she's not afraid to voice her opinions and advocate for climate change.

It's easy to assume that working as a web developer doesn't have much of an impact on climate change, but it there are second-order effects that most of us haven't considered. So how does our work impact the environment, and how serious is this impact? What can we do in our day-to-day work to make the situation better? And how can we learn more about this important topic? Find out all this and more in this week's environmental instalment of A Question of Code.

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What is A Question of Code?

A newbie coder and a seasoned veteran discuss the questions that always come up when someone begins learning to code.

Ed is looking at getting a career in programming and has been learning to code for just over a year. During this time he’s been building up a stack of questions that keep coming up from other newbie coders. Luckily, he’s got someone he can ask for help: Tom. Tom’s a seasoned coder, having worked in the industry for a few years now and has all the answers Ed needs, or does he?