Prism tracks AI emissions, Super Productivity keeps tasks local, and TAMOSS brings the BBC's media API to Kubernetes
As the mercury climbs to disgusting heights, The Reg FOSS desk has picked out a few FOSS highlights from its overflowing mailbox, in case you fancy some Super Productivity while monitoring your AI habit.Prism Carbon TrackerThe Prism carbon tracker is a neat idea for helping to instill a tiny bit of self control in the more dedicated botlickers on your development team.
It's a plugin that integrates into Visual Studio Code. As the developer uses various "online coding assistants," Prism shows an estimate of how much CO₂ they're releasing in the process of outsourcing their mental activity to a datacenter somewhere.
As the plugin's homepage says: "It captures token usage from GitHub Copilot Chat, Claude Code, and runtime LLM API calls, then calculates CO₂ equivalents and surfaces them in the sidebar, status bar, and a live dashboard."Prism comes out of a collaborative effort between the University of Bristol and ustwo, a majority employee-owned "global digital product studio." Ustwo's Nick Hegarty said: "Developers are not the problem, but a fundamental part of the solution. By making AI emissions visible during development, we hope to create greater awareness and support better decision-making. We believe even directional estimates can be valuable if they help start conversations and encourage more thoughtful AI usage."
