FORGE FATE · TECH NOTES
Ideas and lessons from AI, software development, and data analysis.
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For readers exploring how AI fits into quantitative research
Helpful background: Basic ideas of investment returns and losses. Some Python helps when following the code examples.
For readers ready to design a small ETF study with basic Python
Helpful background: Basic Python, tabular data, ETFs, and returns. This path uses synthetic examples to explore validation procedures.
For readers moving from Java basics to Spring service development
Helpful background: Basic Java syntax. Start with the roadmap; move to Compose integration after building a simple API and running containers.
For developers deciding what to delegate to coding agents and how to review it
Helpful background: Some experience with small code changes, tests, and reviews. Within the article, follow tool roles → task breakdown → verification, approval, and recovery.
The habits heavy Claude Code users keep recommending, and the commands and shortcuts that put them into practice, from the basics to recent additions, checked against the official docs.
When are prompts enough, and when are project instructions or skills worth the effort? Weigh repeated explanations against setup, verification, and maintenance costs.
How do you judge code you did not write? A hypothetical listing change shows how to compare contracts, diffs, and test expectations—and understand enough to make the next change.
What should developers decide when delegating larger tasks to AI? A hypothetical listing performance task shows how to define the outcome, constraints, delegated choices, decision points, and evidence of completion.
How much should a developer understand about a coding agent? Follow a hypothetical API change to distinguish context gaps, execution conditions, permissions, and test failures—and choose what to check next.
If prompts already solve development tasks, how much more should developers learn about Codex? This opening essay explores how deeply to understand coding agents and where to invest learning effort as the tools change.
5 articles published
Follow a topic step by step, starting with the first article.
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Follow the design and documentation of a small quant research project, from data quality and timing rules to backtest accounting and model comparisons.
12 articles published
Explore AI roles in prediction, research, and automation, with checks for data leakage, validation, costs, and risks in quantitative research.
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