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Matt Hurd
Personal blog · meanderful.blogspot.comhardwareeconomics
Matt Hurd writes Meanderful, a personal blog at meanderful.blogspot.com about hardware and economics. Since 2014, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 99 times, most often “HFT: lines, radios, and cables – oh my”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Matt Hurd's blog on high-frequency trading, market microstructure and low-latency networking, including microwave links and the "accidental HFT" post on the field's origins.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
HFT trading fintech Matt Hurd
Most-linked posts?
- HFT: lines, radios, and cables – oh my4 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2017-05-05
- The Accidental HFT Firm – Now we were sending orders before the data pkt arrived3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-01-23
- Negative latency3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-06-11
- IEX – the good, the bad, and the ugly2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-06-15
- The accidental HFT firm2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-01-24
- If you just bought a $3 coffee with Bitcoin: a miner made $100 in fees2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-12-11
What Hacker News says?
https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-accidental-hft-f... My all time favorite article related to this topic, I always try to promote it Guys like the author started this whole rodeo through some really ingenious hardware/software/networking jerryrigging.
Comment linking /2018/01/the-accidental-hft-firm.html
on “Introduction to Algotrading (2011) [pdf]”Submitted The accidental HFT firm as a story · 132 points
HN discussionYep, that's the blog. Specifically this post https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-accidental-hft-f...
Comment linking /2018/01/the-accidental-hft-firm.html
on “Ask HN: Anyone making money through algorithmic trading?”Submitted The Accidental HFT Firm – Now we were sending orders before the data pkt arrived as a story · 43 points
HN discussionhttps://meanderful.blogspot.com Worth a read.
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on “Ask HN: Anyone making money through algorithmic trading?”Submitted Hashcat 2017 – OpenCL cracks 10 digit WPA2 passwords on a modest laptop as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSpeaking of latency: a well calibrated point to point wireless connection is less latency than fiber jumping a bunch of switches. Proof: finance industry's wide use of microwave towers. https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2017/05/lines-radios-and-cab... There was another set of articles describing microwave towers in Europe, quite fascinating. Not sure if this was the one: https://sniperinmahwah.wordpress.com/2014/09/22…
Comment linking /2017/05/lines-radios-and-cables-oh-my.html
on “Eight Years On, Google Fiber Is a Faint Echo of the Disruption Promised”Submitted Supercomputing 14 view from afar as a story · 19 points
HN discussionIf you invest in ETFs, you are certainly being helped by automated arbitrage traders. These products rarely trade more than a cent from their true value because computers can calculate the hedging basket almost instantly. Yes, they have a profit motive, but competition keeps their profits small: https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2013/01/hfts-dirty-little-se... It always costs money to transact. The alternative to trad…
Comment linking /2013/01/hfts-dirty-little-secret-where-money.html
on “A Moneymaking Machine Like Few Others”Submitted Breaking np-complete with memcomputing. Is it real? as a story · 15 points
HN discussionsome radio stuff here that may or may not be of interest FWIW: https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2017/05/lines-radios-and-cab...
Comment linking /2017/05/lines-radios-and-cables-oh-my.html
on “Shortwave Trading: The West Chicago Tower Mystery”Submitted Short note listing some current “white box” switches. OS SW HW? as a story · 13 points
HN discussionAlso posted here: https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2017/05/lines-radios-and-cab...
Comment linking /2017/05/lines-radios-and-cables-oh-my.html
on “High-Speed Trading: Lines, Radios, and Cables”Submitted US filing against Russian hackers highlights role of cryptocurrencies in crime as a story · 9 points
HN discussionAn old style copper ladder line is ~0.95c and optical fibre is ~0.66c: Old style, pre-coaxial, undersea cables may have been ~0.45. Newer coax is sometimes ~0.87c. YMMV: https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2017/05/lines-radios-and-cab...
Comment linking /2017/05/lines-radios-and-cables-oh-my.html
on “Network Latencies and Speed of Light”Submitted Meanderful: FPGAs and AI Processors: DNN and CNN for All as a story · 9 points
HN discussionMay be of interest: https://meanderful.blogspot.com/2017/05/lines-radios-and-cab...
Comment linking /2017/05/lines-radios-and-cables-oh-my.html
on “Network Latencies and Speed of Light”Submitted World's first sub 100ns 10G Ethernet switch (L1.5 @ 97ns) as a story · 8 points
HN discussionYou might find the Meanderful blog informative. https://meanderful.blogspot.com/
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on “HFT in My Backyard (2014)”Submitted Negative latency as a story · 7 points
HN discussionThat's fair, but the reason isn't entirely due to bias. Few people outside the industry really understand market microstructure. It's a dry and complex subject. Legitimate criticisms are pretty subtle and get lost in the noise of "zomg guys with lasers front running Joe Average's 3 share GOOG trade!" I no longer work in HFT. You can do everything better, smarter, faster than ever, and make less. It is one of the mos…
Comment linking /2013/01/hfts-dirty-little-secret-where-money.html
on “Humidity in New Jersey impeding radio transmissions and slowing stock trades”Submitted There you go: speech recognition solved as a story · 7 points
HN discussionYeah, besides the Xilinx FGPA in the module, the PCB interconnect would have to be specifically the Vitesse Crosspoint VSC3144XHR-12 https://www.vitesse.com/products/product/VSC3144 and you can see from the product brief ( https://www.vitesse.com/products/download.php?fid=4548&numbe... ) many people use it in telco oriented gear for back-planes and the like. Here is my take on why you shouldn't buy an ExaNIC from Ex…
Comment linking /2014/11/dont-buy-exanic-from-exablaze.html
on “ExaLink Fusion – Ultra low latency switch”Submitted If you just bought a $3 coffee with Bitcoin: a miner made $100 in fees as a story · 6 points
HN discussiondeadgrey19... familiar name. Aren't you Matt Grosvenor who used to or still does work with Exablaze? exablaze might not even be able to keep their ip as it remains subject to dispute: http://meanderful.blogspot.com/p/exablaze-and-zomojo.html The bio you submitted to STAC says you worked at Exablaze: "He is an experienced software and hardware developer and has worked for a collection of start-ups including Exablaze,…
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on “ExaLink Fusion – Ultra low latency switch”Submitted 2017: primal, odd and not perfect; opposes primitive right =3^2^2+(2^2(3^2+2))^2 as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Billions of shares fail to settle – every month – (blockchain free zone) as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Whilst you were sleeping: Congress approves spooks retaining data forever as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Raft cut loose: HF tower for HFT refused in the UK as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Satoshi Claims, Duality, and the Scammer Craig Wright as a story · 3 points
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