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Notes from the build.

Launch announcements, technical deep dives, and the occasional rant about cloud billing.

2026-06-23

Introducing Joule Cloud

A green neocloud you can sign up for in a minute and pay for in joules. Today we're opening it up.

2026-06-23

Why we bill in joules

Cloud billing is built on the wrong units. Joules are the units physics actually charges for.

2026-06-23

Measuring energy at the silicon

RAPL on x86, NVML on NVIDIA, IOReport on Apple Silicon. How we get the joules, and where we estimate.

2026-06-23

Signed receipts: why every API response carries one

Every call produces a signed JSON receipt. Auditor-ready, regulator-ready, end-customer-attributable. Here's the why.

2026-06-23

The router, by the numbers

L0 to L3 in 0.6 ms, then cheapest capable silicon across the mesh. ~75% energy reduction at flat quality on real mixed traffic.