David Mytton

Welcome! I’m David Mytton, CEO of Console (the best tools & jobs for developers) and an active devtools investor. I am also researching sustainable computing at the University of Oxford and occasionally appear in the media to discuss data center & IT energy.

Recent

DPhil in Engineering Science

16 January 2023

In October 2022 I started a DPhil (PhD) in Engineering Science researching sustainable computing at the University of Oxford.

My favourite books of 2022

8 January 2023

In 2022 I read 22 books. Here are the best ones.

Value judgments and sustainable computing

17 December 2022

Puritan value judgments don’t help and any analysis based on concepts of digital sobriety or arbitrary definitions of waste should be rejected.

Energy systems and 24/7 carbon free energy

7 November 2022

With the grid mix constantly changing, what needs to happen to energy systems to reach the goal of 24/7 carbon free energy? Google has funded two studies to find out.

Paper Notes – RAPL In Action

10 October 2022

Notes on the paper Khan et al (2018) RAPL in Action: Experiences in Using RAPL for Power Measurements. Advantages and limitations of the Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) interface.