Software architecture, security, quality engineering, and AI — design notes from production systems
Asset managers are not just fighting yesterday's threats. AI has handed attackers capabilities that scale infinitely. Quantum computing is on the horizon. This is the story of what is actually changing, and what the financial industry needs to do before the window closes.
Ramp data shows U.S. firms paying DeepSeek directly for cheaper inference — but hosted API use routes data to China under PRC law. A technical breakdown of cost pressure, documented risks, self-hosting nuance, and what security claims hold up.
When I first started learning machine learning, gradient descent was one of those concepts that seemed intimidating. Everyone talked about it like it was this magical thing that made models work, but nobody really explained what it actually does.