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What would it mean to build digital infrastructure that works within ecological limits rather than assuming unlimited energy, hardware, and connectivity?
@nadiamariyan presented our paper (w/ @nils and @hqiao ) at #LIMITS2026, the 12th iteration of Computing within Limits. The paper is here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30706
We explored the question hands-on by moving Nadia’s personal website from conventional cloud hosting to a self-hosted solar-powered server built from reclaimed electronics.
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What would it mean to build digital infrastructure that works within ecological limits rather than assuming unlimited energy, hardware, and connectivity?
@nadiamariyan presented our paper (w/ @nils and @hqiao ) at #LIMITS2026, the 12th iteration of Computing within Limits. The paper is here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30706
We explored the question hands-on by moving Nadia’s personal website from conventional cloud hosting to a self-hosted solar-powered server built from reclaimed electronics.
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Just noticed the (Computing Within) LIMITS 2026 workshop papers are on arXiv already. A selection:
Narratives That Limit the Possible: Interrupting Narrative Closure in Computing Practice
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.17360Modest, artistic, and radical solutions to the environmental impact of image-generating machine learning
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.19957Addressing Negative Commons Governance with Positive Commons Principles
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04563Urban Limits as Design Constraints: Identifying Suitable Locations for Distributed, Photovoltaic-Powered Servers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.18940Dismantle and Dissolve, (Re)build, Remix: A Research-creation Inquiry into the Political Economy of Graphics Cards
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.10958Relational Aesthesis in Permacomputing Practice: Building a Solar Powered Website from Reclaimed Materials
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30706Opportunities and Challenges in Securely Reusing and Repurposing Mobile Devices
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.06181Designing L5: A Permacomputing Approach to Creative Coding
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.18481(Note: Somewhat disappointed about the continued copy/paste approach of ever more p5-like implementations as de-facto standard approach/structure to "creative computing". As if over the past 25 years there're not better alternative ideas to explore...)
More papers & overview:
https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#PermaComputing #FrugalComputing #LIMITS2026 #Research #Workshop
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Just noticed the (Computing Within) LIMITS 2026 workshop papers are on arXiv already. A selection:
Narratives That Limit the Possible: Interrupting Narrative Closure in Computing Practice
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.17360Modest, artistic, and radical solutions to the environmental impact of image-generating machine learning
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.19957Addressing Negative Commons Governance with Positive Commons Principles
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04563Urban Limits as Design Constraints: Identifying Suitable Locations for Distributed, Photovoltaic-Powered Servers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.18940Dismantle and Dissolve, (Re)build, Remix: A Research-creation Inquiry into the Political Economy of Graphics Cards
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.10958Relational Aesthesis in Permacomputing Practice: Building a Solar Powered Website from Reclaimed Materials
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30706Opportunities and Challenges in Securely Reusing and Repurposing Mobile Devices
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.06181Designing L5: A Permacomputing Approach to Creative Coding
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.18481(Note: Somewhat disappointed about the continued copy/paste approach of ever more p5-like implementations as de-facto standard approach/structure to "creative computing". As if over the past 25 years there're not better alternative ideas to explore...)
More papers & overview:
https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#PermaComputing #FrugalComputing #LIMITS2026 #Research #Workshop
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"We might be overwhelmed by the present and feel political failure is all around us – but these very feelings keep us awake and engaged. We move ahead despite the apparently bleak reality of this moment"
This book of speculative fictions edited by @mel_hogan @stefanlaser and Edward Ongweso Jr looks very intriguing.
https://www.matteringpress.org/books/predictions-volume-1
with quite a few #LIMITS2026 friends and authors, I see :)I look forward to read the contributions by @laurawatts @Aepasek Blair AF and others.
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"We might be overwhelmed by the present and feel political failure is all around us – but these very feelings keep us awake and engaged. We move ahead despite the apparently bleak reality of this moment"
This book of speculative fictions edited by @mel_hogan @stefanlaser and Edward Ongweso Jr looks very intriguing.
https://www.matteringpress.org/books/predictions-volume-1
with quite a few #LIMITS2026 friends and authors, I see :)I look forward to read the contributions by @laurawatts @Aepasek Blair AF and others.
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So much appreciation for everyone who made #LIMITS2026 a wonderful conference over the past three days - over 250 participants joined many rich presentations and conversations around 15 papers, a dozen alternative contributions and about a dozen different 'open space' discussion rounds. 💚 As expected, the not-a-keynote conversation with Bonnie Nardi was inspiring, intimate, and much appreciated by the community. 🙏
The papers are online linked at https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#program
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So much appreciation for everyone who made #LIMITS2026 a wonderful conference over the past three days - over 250 participants joined many rich presentations and conversations around 15 papers, a dozen alternative contributions and about a dozen different 'open space' discussion rounds. 💚 As expected, the not-a-keynote conversation with Bonnie Nardi was inspiring, intimate, and much appreciated by the community. 🙏
The papers are online linked at https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#program
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managed to attend a few sessions of LIMITS 2026 #limits2026 - really interesting. I particularly enjoyed the presentation for https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.30706
It's great to find out about more and more solar powered websites (I should try and resurrect my solar powered webring!).
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managed to attend a few sessions of LIMITS 2026 #limits2026 - really interesting. I particularly enjoyed the presentation for https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.30706
It's great to find out about more and more solar powered websites (I should try and resurrect my solar powered webring!).
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I had to duck out of #LIMITS2026 after one session because my #LongCovid brain ran out of spoons pretty fast. 😢 It's a bummer because there's a lot of really cool stuff at this conference! Lots on solar & off-grid computing, labour conditions in tech, and paths forward for sustainable computing. 💚
It's online via zoom, and free to attend: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/
Unfortunately no captions were available in the session I attended, as the hosting institution has them disabled by default. The organizers are aware of the problem and trying to fix it, though I don't know when/if it has been fixed.
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I had to duck out of #LIMITS2026 after one session because my #LongCovid brain ran out of spoons pretty fast. 😢 It's a bummer because there's a lot of really cool stuff at this conference! Lots on solar & off-grid computing, labour conditions in tech, and paths forward for sustainable computing. 💚
It's online via zoom, and free to attend: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/
Unfortunately no captions were available in the session I attended, as the hosting institution has them disabled by default. The organizers are aware of the problem and trying to fix it, though I don't know when/if it has been fixed.
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Shahpour Akhavi at #LIMITS2026 talked about how software practitioners are not okay right now, they're pushed to their limits and are experiencing grief over the state of the industry.
This began before genAI started getting pushed everywhere, though genAI has accelerated the deterioration of labour conditions. Akhavi quoted @mhoye that for years before vibe coding was a thing, "vibe management" was the norm.
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Shahpour Akhavi at #LIMITS2026 talked about how software practitioners are not okay right now, they're pushed to their limits and are experiencing grief over the state of the industry.
This began before genAI started getting pushed everywhere, though genAI has accelerated the deterioration of labour conditions. Akhavi quoted @mhoye that for years before vibe coding was a thing, "vibe management" was the norm.
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Since #LIMITS2026 is free and online I thought I'd drop in for a session... and there's no functioning captions. 😭 Finding it very difficult to follow *especially* with speakers talking very fast thanks to the strong time limits on talks.
When I asked the organizers to let users turn on captions on zoom, somebody in the chat complained about allowing captions because they're AI. 🤦
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Planning to attend a few of the talks at #limits2026 , particularly interested in the ones focused on solar powered services.
https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#program
I particularly appreciate the timings as it falls into the evening for me which is nice.
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Planning to attend a few of the talks at #limits2026 , particularly interested in the ones focused on solar powered services.
https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#program
I particularly appreciate the timings as it falls into the evening for me which is nice.
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LIMITS 2026 starts TODAY!
This week, June 23-25, join a global distributed community at our free yearly online-first conference #LIMITS2026.
LIMITS moves us closer towards #computing that supports ecological and just futures for diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres. We're excited for 15 peer reviewed papers, 10+ alternative contributions, open sessions, and a storytelling session with Bonnie Nardi.
Program and free registration: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/
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LIMITS 2026 starts TODAY!
This week, June 23-25, join a global distributed community at our free yearly online-first conference #LIMITS2026.
LIMITS moves us closer towards #computing that supports ecological and just futures for diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres. We're excited for 15 peer reviewed papers, 10+ alternative contributions, open sessions, and a storytelling session with Bonnie Nardi.
Program and free registration: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/
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One of the highlights of next week's #LIMITS2026 for me will be a "not-a-keynote" session with Prof Bonnie Nardi, co-author of the milestone paper about Limits in CACM and of many other inspiring pieces - my personal favorite is "Design in the Age of Climate Change". https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405872618300418
This will not be a conventional talk, but an interactive storytelling session under the heading "How LIMITS came to be: A personal journey". I so look forward to it.
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One of the highlights of next week's #LIMITS2026 for me will be a "not-a-keynote" session with Prof Bonnie Nardi, co-author of the milestone paper about Limits in CACM and of many other inspiring pieces - my personal favorite is "Design in the Age of Climate Change". https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405872618300418
This will not be a conventional talk, but an interactive storytelling session under the heading "How LIMITS came to be: A personal journey". I so look forward to it.
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LIMITS 2026 is as (I think) global conferences should be: online-first, hybrid, regional hubs participating in a global event in which you can join for free, publish for free, and get to interact with your regional community (if you join one of the hubs) and with people all over the world (esp in the breakout sessions, open spaces, and chat).
Ten #LIMITS2026 hubs in eight countries will take place: Toronto, Vancouver, Boulder, Brussels, Grenoble, Strasbourg, Potsdam, Milan, Oslo, Gothenburg.
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LIMITS 2026 is as (I think) global conferences should be: online-first, hybrid, regional hubs participating in a global event in which you can join for free, publish for free, and get to interact with your regional community (if you join one of the hubs) and with people all over the world (esp in the breakout sessions, open spaces, and chat).
Ten #LIMITS2026 hubs in eight countries will take place: Toronto, Vancouver, Boulder, Brussels, Grenoble, Strasbourg, Potsdam, Milan, Oslo, Gothenburg.
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Next week, June 23-25, join a global distributed community thinking about 'computing within limits' at our free yearly conference #LIMITS2026, everywhere all at once for free.
LIMITS 2026 called for papers to move us closer towards #computing that supports ecological and just futures for diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres. We're excited for the resulting program.
The program is up: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#program
Free registration is open! -
Next week, June 23-25, join a global distributed community thinking about 'computing within limits' at our free yearly conference #LIMITS2026, everywhere all at once for free.
LIMITS 2026 called for papers to move us closer towards #computing that supports ecological and just futures for diverse human and non-human lifeforms and thriving biospheres. We're excited for the resulting program.
The program is up: https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/#program
Free registration is open! -
What I do know is that these conversations to reimagine computing for ecological and just futures ARE taking place and that people have inspiring ideas, wonderful collaborations and fabulous results to share, including - among others - at #LIMITS2026 in two weeks, proudly independent of ACM and free to attend, everywhere at once :)
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What I do know is that these conversations to reimagine computing for ecological and just futures ARE taking place and that people have inspiring ideas, wonderful collaborations and fabulous results to share, including - among others - at #LIMITS2026 in two weeks, proudly independent of ACM and free to attend, everywhere at once :)
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#CfP Deadlines for submissions to #LIMITS2026 extended:
Abstract registration: March 27, 2026
Full Papers: April 3, 2026 -
#CfP Deadlines for submissions to #LIMITS2026 extended:
Abstract registration: March 27, 2026
Full Papers: April 3, 2026 -
LIMITS strives to be a place for envisioning technologies and futures ‘otherwise’: a place for work that considers how visions and frameworks of pluriversal design, degrowth and post-growth affect computing and asks how computing can grapple with polycrises, metacrisis, collapse, colonialism and de-colonialization, equity, justice, and transition design.
Paper submission deadline: March 24st 2026
https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/ #LIMITS2026 -
LIMITS strives to be a place for envisioning technologies and futures ‘otherwise’: a place for work that considers how visions and frameworks of pluriversal design, degrowth and post-growth affect computing and asks how computing can grapple with polycrises, metacrisis, collapse, colonialism and de-colonialization, equity, justice, and transition design.
Paper submission deadline: March 24st 2026
https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/ #LIMITS2026 -
📢 First #CfP: LIMITS 2026!
Since 2015, the yearly LIMITS workshop series concerns the role of computing in human societies situated in a world with planetary boundaries and corresponding limits. As an interdisciplinary group of researchers, practitioners, and scholars, this community seeks to reshape the computing research agenda, grounded by an awareness that contemporary computing research is intertwined with ecological limits. #LIMITS2026 -
📢 First #CfP: LIMITS 2026!
Since 2015, the yearly LIMITS workshop series concerns the role of computing in human societies situated in a world with planetary boundaries and corresponding limits. As an interdisciplinary group of researchers, practitioners, and scholars, this community seeks to reshape the computing research agenda, grounded by an awareness that contemporary computing research is intertwined with ecological limits. #LIMITS2026