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Fershad Irani

@fershad.com
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Developer based in Taipei, Taiwan. CO2.js and Grid-aware Websites maintainer. I also play Touch Footy. 🇹🇼🇦🇺🏉🚴‍♂️

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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 27/09/2026
That's wild. Rubga leeeeg baby!! How good !
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 09/09/2026
Wrote down a few thoughts about the direction I see website emissions estimation heading over the next 18 months, and some of the models and tools that I know of which are shaping that. These are my reckons, you've probably got yours. Would love to hear them! fershad.com/writing/webs...
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What's next for assessing website environmental impact - Fershad Irani
A look into where I think things are heading in the world of website emissions estimation as new tools and methodologies emerge.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 27/08/2026
Bouncing around over the next few weeks. Traveling with my partner, but hit me up if you're around and want to catch up. Amsterdam Aug 30 - Sept 1 Den Haag/Rotterdam Sept 1 - 4 Lucerne Sept 9 - 10 Zurich Sept 11 - 12 Berlin Sept 14 - 18
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.eco domain registry @go.eco · 20/08/2026
Our 💚 friends at the Green Web Foundation have written a case study on how we integrate carbon.txt with .eco profiles: www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/automat... 🙌 to @fershad.com for the post.
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Automating sustainability disclosures for .eco domains with carbon.txt - Green Web Foundation
In this post, we look at how .eco domains have used carbon.txt to streamline the process of adding disclosures to organisational profiles.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 18/08/2026
Bit of back story for anyone that's interested: fershad.com/writing/wsg-...
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An impact framework for the Web Sustainability Guidelines - Fershad Irani
Telling the story of how I helped develop an impact ratings framework to make the Web Sustainability Guidelines more approachable.
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Hidde @hidde.blog · 18/08/2026
🌿 One question we often hear around the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG): what measures will have most impact? A new document, published at W3C today, has impact ratings for each of the success criteria in the WSG: www.w3.org/TR/wsg-ir/
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Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG) Impact Ratings
This document describes the impact ratings provided alongside Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG). The ratings and timeframes support prioritisation of guidelines based on expected impact and when tha...
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 17/08/2026
Choosing sustainable hosting infrastructure relies on understanding who's taking energy decarbonisation steps & in which regions. Here's one way @mrchrisadams.net & I hope can represent this nuance, so consumers can make informed decisions on their tech suppliers. fershad.com/writing/deca...
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A repeatable way for showing how hosting providers are making progress decarbonising the energy they use - Fershad Irani
An idea about categorising the energy used by hosting infrastructure which shows progress, is repeatable, and incentivises meaningful decarbonisation.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 07/08/2026
@fastmail.com launching EU hosting for their email service shortly after I worked through the rest of my tech stack is very nice timing. Been using them for years, now I've switched my data region to the EU. fershad.com/writing/euro...
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Trying out an EU-based stack for this website - Fershad Irani
As a bit of a side quest for work, I've been digging into the idea of a tech stack that's divorced from US big tech companies, with content and data being hosted on European-based infrastructure.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 30/07/2026
Gone ahead and done myself a side quest. fershad.com/writing/euro...
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Trying out an EU-based stack for this website - Fershad Irani
As a bit of a side quest for work, I've been digging into the idea of a tech stack that's divorced from US big tech companies, with content and data being hosted on European-based infrastructure.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 29/07/2026
Lol someone in our work chat mentioned COP31, and I realised I hadn't yet been to the website. IYKYK 😅
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 17/07/2026
Doing some research for some upcoming projects. One requirement is the services/platforms used are not tied US big tech, and ideally are EU based. Anyone have pointers to server-side hosting (SSR sites, API endpoints), email marketing providers, or domain name registrars that might fit the bill?
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 12/07/2026
Through last year, and early this year, I was involved in creating something that might be useful to a few folks. fershad.com/writing/wsg-...
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An impact framework for the Web Sustainability Guidelines - Fershad Irani
Telling the story of how I helped develop an impact ratings framework to make the Web Sustainability Guidelines more approachable.
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Taiwan Maps and Dataviz @alexkunztaipei.com · 10/07/2026
Typhoon Bavi is approaching Taiwan. From 1995-2025, 147 tropical cyclones came within 300 km of Taiwan, triggering sea warnings, land warnings, or making landfall. On average, 4.9 affect Taiwan each year and 1.7 make landfall. About 73% occur between July and September. #Taiwan #Typhoon #Weather
Infographic showing 30 years of typhoon activity around Taiwan and monthly occurrence statistics.
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Sacha Greif @sachagreif.com · 07/07/2026
The 2026 State of Devs survey is now open. This survey's goal is to take the pulse of the developer community regarding things like career, workplace issues, and mental and physical health, and I think it's more important than ever right now! survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...
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State of Devs 2026
Take the State of Devs survey
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 05/07/2026
Given the old film photography website a bit of a tweak over the weekend, and thrown in a handful of images from this year and last as well. film.fershad.com
A black and white photo of a cyclisting about to head around a corner into an underpass. Cycling directions are indicated on the walls, alongside large amounts of grafitti.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 29/06/2026
Out of interest, how do you keep track of which shots you've pushed & by how much? Do you just shoot the whole roll at 800?
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 29/06/2026
Japan black and whites. Ilford FP4 might be my new favourite.
A couple sits on a grassy riverbank with a picnic basket besides them. A mountain rises above the landscape in the background of the shot.Profile of a man in dark clothes sitting on an bench on an empty train platform. A vending machine is on the right of the frame, and a room of sorts is on the left.Two business men walking away from the camera on a train station concourse. The man nearest to camera is dressed in a suit and carrying a briefcase. He is looking down a flight of stairs at the platform below. The man furthest from camera wears a white shirt and dark pants, and is pushing a small suitcase.A vending machine is in the centre of the picture, with marked lines on the ground showing arrows pointing to and away from it. The shot is half shaded, with trains on either side of the frame.
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Taiwan Maps and Dataviz @alexkunztaipei.com · 29/06/2026
Taiwan has more registered vehicles than residents. End of 2025: 23.30M people 23.40M registered vehicles Biggest reason: Taiwan’s fleet of about 14 million motorcycles and scooters. Vehicle ownership is lowest in Taipei and highest in several rural counties #Taiwan #Transportation #DataViz #Maps
Map of Taiwan showing registered vehicles per 100 residents by county, with total population and vehicle numbers for the end of 2025.
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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The "Taiwan Question" nobody wants to talk about
A figure showing sharp divergence between labor productivity and real wages in Taiwan from the 2000s onward
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 13/05/2026
Getting some film developed from 2025, and pull out these two bangers. - Morning light at Izumo Taisha shrine - Conversation in a Kyoto izakaya
Rays of light filter through surrounding trees casting light onto a curved walking path. A couple are entering the frame from around the bend, walking towards a shrine that is cut off on the left of the frame.A black and white photo of an empty bar table in a Japanese izakaya. At the end of the bar table a man sits in a black suit, conversing with a lady chef dressed in white standing on the other side of the bar table.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 11/05/2026
Friends, I'll be in Japan for a few days in May and June. I'd love meet with members of the tech community working on: - Japan's energy transition - The sustainability reporting landscape - How Japan is thinking about data center growth and AI If that's you, or someone you know, get in touch!
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/04/2026
Australia is #7 in the world in terms of number of new data centres, between Canada and Japan - Green Web foundation's amazing new 'state of the fossil free internet' report is out now: fossilfree.greenweb.org/2026/
a graphic showing a chart of DCs and Australia map
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 29/04/2026
Amazing work from my Green Web Foundation colleagues. ⚡ State of the Fossil-Free Internet ⚡ The report casts light on the opaqueness of climate disclosures made by the internet's largest players, while highlighting three pathways for an internet that serves everyone. fossilfree.greenweb.org/2026/
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State of the Fossil-Free Internet Report
In this first annual briefing by Green Web Foundation, we examine the biggest obstacles to a fossil-free internet. This year’s focus: the rise of too many dirty data centres.
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 31/03/2026
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Nobody cares - Fershad Irani
The recent closure of a web sustainability focused developer tooling service got me thinking about selling sustainability and incentives.
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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · 16/03/2026
This looks like a great resource! 👉 To find out more about designing and building low-carbon websites, come to @pixelpioneers.co Bristol on 19 June, where @sustainable-dev.bsky.social will talk about exactly that: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 11/03/2026
Spending waaaaay more time on Pokemon Pokopia than I anticipated.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 06/03/2026
Few bug fixes this morning, and a stress test of the API against 500 URLs. More checks should return results now: amtpg.run
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Are my third parties green?
Test a website URL to find out if the third party resources it uses are hosted green.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 05/03/2026
In 2022, I released a little project called "Are my third parties green?" so people can check the sustainability of third parties on the web. Nearly 5000 web page checks later it's time for an update! It's still in beta, but you can give it a look over at amtpg.run (amtpg.run)
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Are my third parties green?
Test a website URL to find out if the third party resources it uses are hosted green.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/02/2026
DAY TWO OF ME ENDLESSLY PROMOTING SOMETHING I'M PROUD OF Here's a new video summary, focusing on the flimsy evidence behind the claim AI tech will make global emissions plummet by gigatonnes and how similar that is to something you might recognise..... ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/02/2026
OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone.... Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!! ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 13/02/2026
Brb, updating "Are my third parties green?".
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Chhiū-ông-kong 樹王公 @shuwanggong.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
'The Wei piece beautifully illustrates a key function of the undefined concept of red lines: they remove agency from Beijing, and place it only on Beijing’s victims.' The Wei piece was an article by Wei Lingling 魏玲靈 in the WSJ about the ongoing PRC-Japan spat. www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Notes from Central Taiwan: PRC Red Lines: Theory and Practice - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 04/12/2025
Got that end of year itch to redesign my website.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 25/11/2025
Chromium. Power profiling. Let's make it happen. fershad.com/notes/chrome...
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Let's get Power Profiling into Chromium DevTools - Fershad Irani
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 25/11/2025
FWIW I've created a feature request on crbug to hopefully get the ball moving on this functionality. +1s are welcome to help push this along :) issues.chromium.org/issues/46355...
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Chromium
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 25/11/2025
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We nearly had power profiling in Chromium - Fershad Irani
Being able to capture the on device power use of a website is a really important step towards making forward progress in web sustainability. Firefox has it, and it looks like Chrome almost did too.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 24/11/2025
TPAC 2025. It's taken me over a week to recharge my batteries, but would do it again if there was a chance. fershad.com/writing/refl...
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Reflections on TPAC 2025 - Fershad Irani
A look back at my first TPAC. TL;DR A 10 out of 10 experience.
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Denise Wu @denisewu.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
China rarely has a policy that China, Taiwan, and Japan all support. 🇨🇳 - no more 🇨🇳 tourist, that’ll show them! 🇹🇼- booked my flight and hotel for Japan in December. 🇯🇵 - wow, can’t believe it’s to easy to get rid of poorly behaved Chinese tourists.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 29/09/2025
Some non-coffee places: - Kappabashi Dougugai for kitchen gear shopping (it's a whole street of shops). - Misojyu at Asakusa (rice balls, get there early, expect a line). - Udon Yamacho Ebisu (v good udon, expect a line) - Kiyosumi-shirakawa (nice area to wander - parks, museums, boutique cafes)
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 29/09/2025
Little Nap is an awesome place for beverage!!~
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 28/09/2025
I hope Grant Atkins get the GF
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Pierre-Yves Baubry 博磊 @pybaubry.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Information on how to donate for disaster relief in Hualien County, Taiwan.
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Foreigners in Taiwan 🇹🇼 外國人在台灣 @foreignersintw.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Flooding in Guangfu Township of Hualien yesterday, due torrential rains in the wake of Typhoon Ragasa #樺加沙, caused the Mataian River to burst its banks and flood the town. Two people have died during the disaster. Ppl
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 23/09/2025
Take care @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social . Hopefully it loses some steam by the time it reaches HK.
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 21/09/2025
Help 🙏🥺 fershad.com/notes/organi...
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Taiwan Maps and Dataviz @alexkunztaipei.com · 15/09/2025
Taiwan relies on imports for about 96% of its energy (2023). This map highlights the main suppliers of fossil fuels used for power generation: Australia: 50% of coal, 40% of gas Qatar: 28% of gas United States: 27% of gas, 9% of oil Saudi Arabia: 31% of crude oil Indonesia: 25% of coal
Taiwan’s sources for energy imports
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 14/09/2025
Show me a better sport than Rugby League!
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Fershad Irani @fershad.com · 13/09/2025
Okay, good. We get the chance to end the dynasty next week.
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