Cody Smith

CTO and Cofounder at Camus Energy, former Google Site Reliability Engineer, and nerd for running, art, and music. He/him.

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

@burkov Gonna be a shock for sure, but still negligible compared to staffing cost. If global SWE time costs ~ $2.5T/yr*, and net investment in coding LLMs ~ $6B/yr, robo-assistants only have to make coders 0.2% more productive to break even.

*: https://t.co/e6mLJwuMuK

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Energy Twitter folks: happy to report that the conversation is pretty lively over on BlueSky 🦋

EnergySky: https://t.co/7va3ZAkQuu
GreenSky: https://t.co/TWlL1n1k88
Cody: https://t.co/qtV8ii9sjN

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Hello, everyone! Going into 2025, I'm taking the bonsai clippers to my time, so will be much less active on Twitter. This will allow me to focus on the most important stuff.

Might post on occasion when I find something I really want to share, but it'll be very sporadic. TTFN 👋

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Nice article from Stephen Young on the tech behind modern grid SaaS, which includes some details of Camus' product. This is how the sausage is made 🌭

https://t.co/ZnO4r2XXxT

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Even after reading this whole article twice, I'm still struggling to wrap my head around it 😵‍💫

https://t.co/aFkCYO59hg

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

@NLinSF @EUAmbUS @MichaelCurtisEU Lookin' sharp! 😊

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Martial law, tsunami warning, and ___________

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

So so so so good! Seriously I could browse this site for hours, giggling the whole time. Whoever did this, great work 👏👏👏

https://t.co/VvfZc0ApSd

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

@JamesClear "God gave Noah the rainbow sign. No more water, the fire next time!"

Okay, two sentences, but reaching the end of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time was like being pushed out of a window. Maybe the most jarring ending since The Stranger.

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Lots of juicy data in this write-up on the enormous interconnection backlog from @congruentvc. And, hey, @CamusEnergy gets a shout out!

https://t.co/8uEKWvEycr

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Nice piece from Astrid in Cipher about borrowing lessons from cloud computing and telecom ~ 5m read.

https://t.co/i0JUOdZ4eA

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Transit plans have been foiled in Lake Tahoe. Hydrofoiled, that is.

(Can't wait to try this!)

https://t.co/nQKQ4vzRZr

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

But how much do they cost relative to diesel generators? (With or without CCS.)

[Doug Bernauer @DougBernauer]

What four mass produced 1 MegaWatt nuclear reactors will look like at a customer site:

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Today I learned that the world's largest planes are being created to specifically to fly wind turbine blades around, since our roads are too small for them. Bold project, @radiaenergy, very bold!

https://t.co/XO8IBxAVQx

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Today I learned that Def Leppard recorded an album with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. If you only have time for one track, I recommend Pour Some Sugar on Me 😂

https://t.co/Lov7NTaoZH

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Software infrastructure for the interconnection problem certainly has great potential. But the devil is in the details, so hopefully @GridUnity has a good plan. Best of luck, y'all--we need this to work!

https://t.co/db88b6Osxe

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

"The only thing that’s capital-T True is that you get to decide how you’re gonna try to see things. This, I submit, is the freedom of a real education, of learning how to be well-adjusted. You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t."

https://t.co/IC3cNDcc5f

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Silver lining: lots of folks suddenly interested in climate jobs! Here are the resources I often recommend:

https://t.co/AHAh2RonA5
https://t.co/UPN49RlQQM
https://t.co/wBlwrbB4g0

Don't wait for the government to act. Be the change you want to see in the world 🌎

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Today seems like an especially good day to imagine Sisyphus happy 🪨

[Cody Smith @EnergySRE]

Did you know that many countries have compulsory voting? Most enjoy 90%+ turnout as a result, and have 60-70% support for continuing the practice.

https://t.co/Bj1V42VifB