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Why Open Source a High Frequency Trader?

community, data, sideprojects, software, technology, tools04/16/2016

I built a cryptocurrency trading framework in January, and open sourced it as 'pytrader' 2 weeks ago. Among the wave of interest, there were a handful of cynics: npx writes, on HN: I can't imagine why anyone would actually want to release a profitable trader. Isn't this kind of a tautologically dumb thing to do? .. I just can't see any motivation to make it profitable and then issue a pull Read the article >>

Agile A La Carte Menu

community, sideprojects, startups04/11/2016

For my last few jobs, I've found myself spending a lot of time with stakeholders answering the following questions: When will X be shipped? Who is responsible for Y? Is A a priority above B? What could we be doing better? ... and various other manager-ey type things. In each gig, building a shared understanding of the teams workflow, iteration cycles, and development milestones Read the article >>

Lucid Dreaming for Fun & Profit

community, mind, public-speaking, sideprojects12/17/2015

I gave a talk at Ignite 28 last week. This was my 2nd Ignite talk, and I wanted to do something that was fun & light the 2nd time around. It's on Lucid Dreaming, here it is: Transcript of the talk is below: - When I was a kid, I used to dream a lot about superpowers. As an adult, in the year 2002. was Read the article >>