Hacker News: auc

New comment by auc in "I asked Claude for 37,500 random names, and it can't stop saying Marcus"

auc — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:55:18 +0000

https://xkcd.com/221/

New comment by auc in "Are two heads better than one?"

auc — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:50:24 +0000

For 4 vs 3, you’re saying the same thing.

He wrote:

If our number N of friends is odd, our chances of guessing correctly don’t improve when we move to N+1 friends.

New comment by auc in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)"

auc — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 22:24:03 +0000

Architect Financial Technologies | Chicago | Onsite / Remote | Full-time | architect.co

Architect recently raised a $35M series A and is looking to fill a number of software engineering roles.

As a key member of our growing team, you will help build out our advanced exchange which is the world's first centralized and regulated exchange for perpetual futures on traditional assets (FX, stocks, metals, interest rates, energy, compute, and other commodities).

Bonus points if you have:

- Experience with Rust

- Experience working in the finance industry, or a strong interest in electronic trading

- Knowledge of architecture, testing, and deployment of distributed systems

- Live in Chicago

Full-stack development experience with Typescript and React a plus

If you’re interested, please send a resume and brief intro to jobs@architect.co or reach out to me with any questions about the role

New comment by auc in "NautilusTrader: Open-source algorithmic trading platform"

auc — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:03:45 +0000

You definitely can, I know single people or small teams running strategies with 2+ sharpe making millions a year.

New comment by auc in "uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari"

auc — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:22:18 +0000

This doesn’t work on my iPhone 16

Edit: after upgrading the software, it works

LLMs and Algorithmic Trading

auc — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 15:02:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.architect.co/posts/llms-and-algorithmic-trading

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44532943

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by auc in "Fast Code Is Easy. Measuring It Is Hard"

auc — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:17:26 +0000

Agreed, not worth making a huge effort toward an advanced system for measuring an ATS until you’ve really built out at scale

New comment by auc in "Fast Code Is Easy. Measuring It Is Hard"

auc — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:06:08 +0000

Yeah definitely. Don’t want to have an algo that makes money when times are slow but then blows up/does nothing when market volume is 10x

The Flaw in the Kelly Criterion – Betting Under Uncertainty

auc — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:51:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.architect.co/posts/the-flaw-in-the-kelly-criterion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44453361

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

On latency, measurement, and optimization in algorithmic trading systems

auc — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:10:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.architect.co/posts/how-fast-is-it-really

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445462

Points: 81

# Comments: 29

New comment by auc in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025)"

auc — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 08:59:42 +0000

Architect Financial Technologies | Chicago | Onsite / Remote | Full-time | architect.co

Architect is looking to fill a number of software engineering roles.

As a key member of our growing team, you will help build out our advanced, API-centric, multi-asset brokerage platform across stocks, options, ETFs, futures, and more.

Bonus points if you have:

- Experience with Rust

- Experience working in the finance industry, or a strong interest in electronic trading

- Knowledge of architecture, testing, and deployment of distributed systems

-Live in Chicago

*Full-stack development experience with Typescript and React a plus*

If you’re interested, please send a resume and brief intro to jobs@architect.co or reach out to me with any questions about the role

New comment by auc in "Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety"

auc — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 15:07:56 +0000

Bleed build for me

New comment by auc in "CeoGPT – automate your chief executive officer"

auc — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:41:38 +0000

Gotta lay off employees and issue buybacks

New comment by auc in "Charlie Javice convicted of defrauding JPMorgan in $175M startup sale"

auc — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:26:26 +0000

So deserved.

New comment by auc in "Architecture Patterns with Python"

auc — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:59:20 +0000

Pure functions are also way more testable

New comment by auc in "Antidepressant use among teen girls and young women has skyrocketed (2024)"

auc — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:00:05 +0000

This website doesn’t give the absolute percentages, nor does it give hard numbers. Very annoying.

New comment by auc in "Bybit sees over $4B 'bank run' after crypto's biggest hack"

auc — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 20:53:30 +0000

The amount of BTC in circulation is increasing per year as well. There’s a finite amount of gold on Earth.

Real estate is definitely not “infinite”. Especially if you consider arable land and weather patterns.

New comment by auc in "Bybit Sees over $4B 'Bank Run' After Crypto's Biggest Hack"

auc — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:23:07 +0000

Finite amount of gold as well. Finite amount of bitcoin cash as well. Finite amount of real estate as well.

New comment by auc in "Warren Buffett amasses more cash and sells more stock"

auc — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:19:29 +0000

Wouldn’t it be the exact opposite, that the more people see it, the more likely it is to happen

New comment by auc in "Migraine is more than a headache – a rethink offers hope"

auc — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:13:11 +0000

Our understanding of migraines seems to be increasing exponentially