I’m working on Polynomial (https://polynomial.so), which is a small dashboard for key business metrics. It has open source integrations to most popular systems and has Google sheets export in case you want to do something with the data.
As a founder, I really needed a simple place to centralize all those business metrics. Couldn’t find anything that suited my needs (everything was way overkill) and so I ended up building Polynomial.
I am really impressed at how California has scaled up its use of batteries. I remember 5-6 years ago coding on Electricity Maps and seeing almost no storage (link: https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO)
As founder, I lacked a central place to gather all my KPIs. It works by integrating to other data sources you already use (Google Analytics, Plausible, LinkedIn, Google Sheets..)
I had the same thoughts, which led me to build Electricity Maps (https://app.electricitymaps.com) a few years back, mainly to understand the current state of how electricity grids cause CO2 emissions.
Luckily (and with a lot of hard work) it turned into a successful company.
I also worked on some other climate tech products which weren’t as fortunate. I’ve written about past experiences here:
https://oliviercorradi.com/blog/lessons-learned-climate-tech...
Hopefully this can help you a bit on your journey.
Hello,
Olivier here, author of the map and founder of the company behind it. We're working on adding more countries on the map. Check again in a few months and hopefully we'll have more of them!
Hello,
Olivier here (CEO Tomorrow)
Indeed we're running on GCP, using a mixture of Python and Node. In terms of the approach, I suggest checking out our blog (https://www.tmrow.com/blog) and this talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAelZb2ZYwI) which might provide a bit of clarity.
We're seeking to build scalable digital solutions to climate change. Our mission is to organise the world's carbon information, and make it universally accessible.
Therefore, we're now working on an app that automatically calculates your personal carbon footprint, and gives you the means to act on it.
Hello!
I asked myself the same question, and ended up founding Tomorrow (https://www.tmrow.com).
I believe understanding the footprint of anything should be a commodity, and easily accessible to anyone.
That's why we're currently building an app that automatically computes your carbon footprint, and gives you the means to change for the better.
I previously built electricitymap.org, and we're now hiring if you're interested: https://www.tmrow.com/jobs
Feel free to reach out directly if you want to chat (or join our Slack at slack.tmrow.com). This is the most pressing issue of our time and we simply don't have enough people working or caring about it.
As a founder, I really needed a simple place to centralize all those business metrics. Couldn’t find anything that suited my needs (everything was way overkill) and so I ended up building Polynomial.