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Yeah, but it's Jane Street. They've got the money and talent to do it right and they've got a very strong dev culture that esteems correctness. And they're in
by EdwardDiego 3y ago
Yeah, but it's Jane Street. They've got the money and talent to do it right and they've got a very strong dev culture that esteems correctness.
And they're in a market where a tiny competitive edge can reap large rewards.
They're rather the exception that proves the rule.
I'm sure all their competitors do the same for the same reasons. But for companies that view software primarily as a cost centre, I can see it going horribly wrong.
- dchftcs 3y ago>I'm sure all their competitors do the same for the same reasons. Trading firms tend to build a lot of their own tech, but Jane Street is special in that they build almost everything in house. Ocaml is practically their own language. No other competitor comes close to this level of owning the entire ecosystem, including programming tools.