Software in the Grid

August 2026

Networking in the Power Grid for Software Developers

A living map of my attempt to understand the networking machinery behind power-grid software, from physical links and Ethernet to substation…

Aug 27 • Dmytro Huz

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Where Software Lives in the Power Grid

This article maps the software ecosystem of the power grid and gives software engineers a mental model for understanding where different systems fit and…

Aug 4 • Dmytro Huz

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How Europe’s Power System Is Organised

The EU electricity sector is not one company moving electricity from power plants to consumers. It is a regulated system of different actors whose…

Aug 1 • Dmytro Huz

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July 2026

How the European Grid Stays Stable

Operations, monitoring, control and protection, Part 3 of A Developer’s Map of the European Power Grid

Jul 20 • Dmytro Huz

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May 2026

The Grid Is Not a Pipeline

The European Power Grid for Software Developers, Part 2

May 29 • Dmytro Huz

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Electricity Is Not Water: A Better Mental Model for the Grid

Electricity Before Infrastructure, Part 1 of The European Power Grid for Software Developers

May 15 • Dmytro Huz

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A Developer’s Map of the European Power Grid

The central hub for my series: The European Power Grid for Software Developers

May 12 • Dmytro Huz

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April 2026

Start Here: Software in the Grid

A software engineer’s guide to the power grid, its networks, protocols, and the systems underneath.

Apr 23 • Dmytro Huz

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January 2026

Progress, Abstraction, Diversity, and Why Advanced Systems Break

How abstraction, diversity, and entropy shape the rise and failure of complex systems

Jan 5 • Dmytro Huz

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