JAMES MICKENS: LEGENDARY DATABASE SYSTEMS TALK
Still one of the best talks I’ve ever seen https://vimeo.com/95066828
WHEN TECHNICAL DEBT COSTS $440 MILLION
I’ve always hated the phrase “technical debt” as it can lead to items being banished to a backlog that are never addressed. For example, Knight Capital recently blamed a “technology issue” for a $440 million trading loss.
ICEBERG AND VWAP TRADING STRATEGIES
Developed an eTrading platform routing client FIX flow to the firm’s Algorithmic Trading platform.
BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY: BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
Understanding Blockchain Technology
Blockchain technology has evolved significantly since its inception with Bitcoin. Today, it powers everything from financial systems to supply chain management.
RANDOMIZING FILE LINES WITH JAVA
public static void main(String args\[\]) throws IOException{
List<String\> lines \= Files.readAllLines(Paths.get("test.txt"));
Random r \= new Random();
while(!lines.isEmpty()){
String nextLine \= lines.get(r.nextInt(lines.size()));
System.out.println(nextLine);
lines.remove(nextLine);
}
}
FIX GMAIL NOTIFICATIONS ON ANDROID AFTER UPDATES
Settings–>Applications–>GMail, force stop, clear data/cache fixed this for me :-)
BUILDING A FINANCIAL MATCHING ENGINE
Design and development of a real time matching engine to provide insights into liquidity for funding forecasts and regulatory requirements.
WHEN TECHNOLOGY CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT SOLVES
“Healthcare companies today are solving the medical problems that our technological society has created. Diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. The cure isn’t more technology and medicine…the cure is that these people need a reason to live.”
DOWNLOAD MAVEN SETTINGS FROM NEXUS REPOSITORY
mvn org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-maven-plugin:settings-download
http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/settings-sect-downloading.html