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  • The Knight Capital Disaster

    calendar Nov 22, 2023 · 9 min read · Software Engineering  ·
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    This account comes from several publicly available sources as well as accounts from insiders who worked at Knight Capital Group at the time of the issue. I am telling it second- or third-hand. On August 1, 2012, Knight Capital fell on its sword. It experienced a software glitch that literally bankrupted the company. …


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Nima Badizadegan

Computer systems engineer, performance expert, and applied mathematician in denial. Currently at Anthropic. All views are my own, and do not reflect the opinions of my employer.
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