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This is ezpz optimization. Everyone and their dog knows about huge pages (or at least anyone I deem worthy). It's for recruiting, clout, and also generally exp
by mhh__ 4y ago
This is ezpz optimization. Everyone and their dog knows about huge pages (or at least anyone I deem worthy).
It's for recruiting, clout, and also generally expressing the culture of the firm.
- boshalfoshal 4y agoThis but unironically - I was at a top HFT firm and admittedly lots of SWE talent we try to get end up going to HRT (comp being equal) because they present themselves as more tech forward, due in part to articles like this. I'm guessing the author of the article wrote this with good intentions of providing some insight into their process, but tech blogs at the end of the day are recruiting tools. Also agreed that this is a pretty surface level optimization, theres a reason why they are talking about it. If you are doing true HFT with purely software traders, you will probably lose to more serious players using FPGAs, which as OP mentioned isn't exactly new.
- mhh__ 4y agoI wasn't being ironic, I genuinely think this should be required knowledge for programmers who want to use write native code.