Data Warehouse Analytics - Latency Data Engineering Central • 491 implied HN points • 10 Jan 24 🕹 Technology Data Analytics Data Warehousing Latency Big Data The business still needs dashboards. A multitude of analytics still need to be calculated. Analytics are still hard to get right.
Kernel Bypass for Low Latency Algorithmic Trading Low Latency Trading Insights • 216 implied HN points • 31 Jan 24 🕹 Technology Algorithm Trading Latency Efficiency and speed are crucial in high-frequency trading code. High-frequency trading code aims to minimize latency for quick order execution. High-frequency traders focus on executing trades as quickly as possible.
Kernel Bypass with Solarflare Low Latency Trading Insights • 196 implied HN points • 02 Feb 24 🕹 Technology Networking Hardware Software APIs Latency Solarflare specializes in high-performance, low-latency networking solutions like NICs used in data centers and financial services. Solarflare provides hardware such as Flareon adapters and XtremeScale NICs for high-speed networking. Software offerings from Solarflare like Onload and TCP Direct provide APIs for accelerated network performance and lower latency.
Video conferencing sucks and you can help fix it Bram’s Thoughts • 137 implied HN points • 08 May 23 🕹 Technology Latency Video conferencing issues stem from A/V sync and round trip time. Improving video conferencing requires tools to audit setup and investigate problems. Apps can be developed to measure A/V sync and round trip time for better video conferencing experiences.
Prompting GPT is hard - here’s what I learned building a creativity training app using the ChatGPT API Speculative Inference • 2 HN points • 28 Mar 23 🕹 Technology AI APIs Prompting Latency Model performance You can ask GPT to determine if user submissions belong to a category Allow users to enter any category they want for more flexibility Simplicity matters in prompt engineering to improve AI performance
Navigating the Complexities of LLM Quantization: Techniques, Trade-offs, and Real-World Implications ScaleDown • 2 HN points • 27 Apr 23 🕹 Technology Compression Quantization Latency Bias Compression can reduce neural network size by 4x with minimal impact on quality metrics Quantization may not always lead to expected latency savings Finetuning a smaller LLM for your task could be better than compressing a large LLM
Exploring the Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing Engineering At Scale • 1 HN point • 01 Jul 23 🕹 Technology Distributed Systems Networks Security Latency Network reliability is not guaranteed, so build systems with resilience to handle failures. Latency in data transmission is influenced by factors like distance and database optimization. Consider security, system topology changes, and interoperability when designing distributed systems.