… let me help. Trading is hard, especially for the retail trader. To put it bluntly, large institutions will always have the advantage. While there are many mountains to overcome, I am attempting to help myself and others with some…
In my previous post I mentioned I have been working on moving a routine that handles many hashing tasks at once to the GPU. The preliminary results are encouraging, although I cannot say they are apples-to-apples to the actual task…
I love writing in C++. The reasons are performance (I am a speed junkie) and learning opportunities. If necessary, I can tune a routine to seek out the fastest way to achieve the result. Each time I do, I learn…
I switched back from Visual Studio Code to vi (I tire of switching from keyboard to mouse). As my memory is not very good, here is my cheat-sheet for using :Termdebug Starting a debug session: Termdebug [executable_name] Navigating the 3…
One of the subjects that many in the crypto universe speak of is centralization. Most speak of it as something that must be destroyed. But it does provide services. Here are my thoughts: Pros of Centralization I have several bank…
<disclaimer> These notes are my understanding by looking at code. I may be wrong. Do not take my word for it, verify it yourself. Much of what is below is my opinion. As sometimes is the case, following good practices…
I began a personal project a long time ago to provide connectivity to various cryptocurrency exchanges. I never got around to finishing it. It did however stay in my mind. And while working on other projects, I gathered knowledge of…
Arduino and the Arduino IDE are great products. They serve as an on-ramp (and a very good one) for many makers. You can do quite a bit of tinkering, and even build commercial products without leaving the Arduino ecosystem. I…
There are plenty of avenues to enjoy some good old-fashioned coding. Lately, I’ve been doing some embedded work, and found a reason to explore smart watches. It seems quite a community is building around watches and fitness bands. I purchased…
I have always enjoyed electronics as a spectator. It continues to fascinate me. But the maturing trend of IoT captures my imagination because it blends electronics and software. My career has mainly revolved around the major platforms. Windows, MacOS, Linux.…