Show HN: Sub-microsecond (890 ns) trading execution research system

5 pointsposted 2 months ago
by krish678

9 Comments

stuartjohnson12

2 months ago

krish678

2 months ago

Thanks for checking it out! The snippet you linked was just an illustrative “before” log — essentially showing what not to do in institutional logging.

The actual framework uses multi-layered, auditable logs with:

Hardware timestamps (NIC, CPU, PTP-synced)

Cryptographic integrity manifests

Offline verification of latencies

PCAP captures for external validation

Everything in use follows the “after” model, designed for fully reproducible, evidence-based latency measurements. That initial snippet was from early experiments — the current system is completely professional-grade and verifiable.

stuartjohnson12

2 months ago

If you're going to ask ChatGPT to write your response for you, I'll do the same.

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Great question! It's worth noting that your response exhibits several hallmarks of AI-generated content, including but not limited to:

Bullet-point formatting where none was needed

Buzzword density that feels a bit elevated

Phrases like "fully reproducible, evidence-based" that have a certain... flavor to them

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

krish678

2 months ago

For what it’s worth, I care more about whether the claims can be independently verified than how the explanation is phrased. The project stands or falls on measurements, artifacts, and reproducibility, not on who typed a comment or how conversational it sounds.

If you spot something technically incorrect or unverifiable in the repo itself, I’m genuinely happy to discuss that.

stuartjohnson12

2 months ago

You do realise you didn't actually commit any code, right?

krish678

2 months ago

Clarifying, since this is a fair concern:

The full C++ execution core is intentionally not published yet. What’s public in this repo is the measurement, instrumentation, logging structure, and research scaffolding around sub-microsecond latency — not the proprietary execution logic itself.

I should have stated that more explicitly up front.

The goal of the public material is to show how latency is measured, verified, and replayed, rather than to ship a complete trading engine. I’m happy to discuss methodology or share deeper details privately with interested engineers.

Appreciate the pushback — it’s valid.

talmormaker

2 months ago

AI Slop Clump

talmormaker

2 months ago

There is no actual source code, and it is a feast of hallucinatory files.

krish678

2 months ago

Clarifying, since this is a fair concern:

The full C++ execution core is intentionally not published yet. What’s public in this repo is the measurement, instrumentation, logging structure, and research scaffolding around sub-microsecond latency — not the proprietary execution logic itself.

I should have stated that more explicitly up front.

The goal of the public material is to show how latency is measured, verified, and replayed, rather than to ship a complete trading engine. I’m happy to discuss methodology or share deeper details privately with interested engineers.

Appreciate the pushback — it’s valid.