Systematic trading requires a tailored data backbone, let’s consider what is the absolute minimum required.

The tradition of using ASCII-only characters in code is deeply rooted, but perhaps it is time for it to go?

Analysing the reasons why Python is so popular in quantitative finance despite many weaknesses in the language and its ecosystem as far as this specific niche is concerned.

Agile Software Development is tremendously popular and is seen as a universal virtue by many. It also clearly has value. But is it really a silver bullet or perhaps there are situations where it is unfit for purpose?

Reflections on the endless cycle of writing, using, abandoning, and re-writing essentially the same software again and again. Considering the cost of this cycle of wastefulness, the root causes of the phenomenon, and ways to avoid it.