Insights
Notes from the build,
and from the pager.
Engineering writing on platform architecture, feed normalisation, regulated wagering systems and what running production around the clock actually costs. Written for the people who have to maintain it.
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- Product
Predicting an outcome and staking on it are different problems
A model that names the winner can still lose money. Edge is probability minus price, and sizing the stake is a discipline of its own.
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- Engineering
Real-time operational analytics with Apache Pinot
A live reporting portal showing money-in, exposure and risk needs a columnar real-time OLAP store fed event-at-a-time, not the OLTP database queried harder.
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