permacomputing

• date: 2026-05-08
• tags: nexus
• identifier: 20260508T113133

permacomputing systems are parsimonious and environmentally conscious. they prioritize leveraging existing hardware over mass producing new, purpose-built components.

the term was coined by viznut, who co-facilitates the permacomputing wiki as of 2026-05-08.

the permacomputing wiki

the following emacs lisp code generates the list of pages that follows it.

(progn
  (goto-char (point-max))
  (search-backward "```\n")
  (forward-line 1)
  (delete-region (point) (point-max))
  (newline)
  (dolist (file (sort
                  (directory-files default-directory nil "_permacomputing" nil)
		  :key (lambda (s) (substring s 17))))
    (insert "=> " file " " (denote-query-extract-title file) "\n")))

intermittent computing