About on Chia Yong Kang

Claude Code Best Practices: A Developer's Guide to AI-Assisted Programming

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A comprehensive guide to getting the most out of Claude Code, covering slash commands, project memory, MCPs, and professional workflows that can transform your development experience.

Introduction

Claude Code has revolutionized how developers approach programming tasks, offering powerful AI assistance that goes far beyond simple code completion. This guide consolidates the most effective practices, workflows, and configurations that professional developers use to maximize their productivity with Claude Code.

From basic setup to advanced multi-agent workflows, these practices will help you leverage Claude Code’s full potential for everything from debugging to deployment.

Keeping trading models simple

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In trading, it’s tempting to chase complex models and sophisticated techniques to gain an edge. But here’s a truth worth embracing: a good trading strategy doesn’t need to be complicated to be effective.

The Core of a Winning Strategy

At its heart, every successful trading strategy revolves around a single, clear idea. You should be able to explain it in a few sentences. To build this foundation, you need to answer two critical questions:

Alpenglow: A Look at Solana's Landmark Upgrade for Near-Instant Finality

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

“We expect that Alpenglow can achieve actual finality in about 150 ms (median).”

Alpenglow

The Matterhorn at sunrise, a visual representation of ‘alpenglow’.

Alpenglow paper too long? Wish there was a quick summary? Me too! That’s why I’ve created this article. This article summarizes Alpenglow, Solana’s most significant upgrade, designed to slash transaction finality time. Alpenglow replaces legacy components like Tower BFT and Proof of History (PoH) to achieve block finality up to 100 times faster, targeting a median time of just 150 milliseconds.

Arbitrage Trading Guide

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction

Let’s start with the textbook basics - the definition. What is arbitrage afterall? Well, the dictionary will give you this definition:

the simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset.

I’d say this is a fairly good definition for arbitrage in the traditional sense, but in the modern sense… I’m not really sure this is true. Most advanced arbitrage trading doesn’t hedge the other side of the trade simultaneously at all. If you are in and out of the position in a couple seconds, then why would you even care about being hedged? Especially if you know that the side you are trading is the one doing all the moving.

There are just too many AI Frameworks

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

There are just too many AI Frameworks

Originally published on Medium

We’ve all been here before. A new technology emerges, frameworks proliferate to make it accessible, and eventually, we hit the ceiling of complexity and fragmentation. The AI ecosystem today feels eerily similar to the early days of JavaScript frameworks or the explosion of NoSQL databases — too many choices, too little consolidation, and a growing sense that we might be making things harder, not easier.

Unofficial Guide to Rust Optimization Techniques

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Unofficial Guide to Rust Optimization Techniques

Originally published on Medium

Rust’s unique ownership model and zero-cost abstractions make it an exceptional language for building high-performance systems. However, writing fast Rust code requires understanding both the language’s performance characteristics and the underlying hardware. This guide covers advanced optimization techniques that can help you squeeze every bit of performance out of your Rust applications.

Understanding Rust’s Performance Model

Zero-Cost Abstractions

Rust’s promise of zero-cost abstractions means that high-level constructs don’t impose runtime overhead. However, this doesn’t automatically make your code fast - it just means the abstractions won’t slow you down.

Inside Drift: Architecting a High-Performance Orderbook on Solana

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Inside Drift: Architecting a High-Performance Orderbook on Solana

Originally published on Medium

Drift Protocol is Solana’s largest open-source perpetual futures DEX, enabling low-slippage, high-leverage trading with cross-margining. It’s crucial for DeFi, handling over $20B in volume since 2021, per CoinGecko.

Architecture of Drift

The architecture of Drift Protocol is built upon the high-performance capabilities of the Solana blockchain, which are essential for supporting a derivatives exchange with features like high leverage and complex order types. Solana’s inherent speed and low transaction costs directly contribute to a smoother and more cost-effective trading experience for users on the Drift platform.

An Engineer's Guide to Building and Validating Quantitative Trading Strategies

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

An Engineer’s Guide to Building and Validating Quantitative Trading Strategies

Originally published on Medium

From data collection to statistical validation — a rigorous framework for developing profitable trading algorithms.

Introduction

Quantitative trading has evolved from a niche discipline practiced by a few Wall Street firms to a democratized field accessible to individual developers. However, the gap between a profitable backtest and a live trading system remains vast. This guide provides a systematic approach to building, validating, and deploying quantitative trading strategies that can survive the transition from theory to practice.

Contact

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

I am open to consulting work for blockchain and smart contract projects.

If you have any cool Rust projects, I’d be happy to contribute!

Email: chiayongkang@hotmail.com

About on Chia Yong Kang

Claude Code Best Practices: A Developer's Guide to AI-Assisted Programming

Introduction

Keeping trading models simple

The Core of a Winning Strategy

Alpenglow: A Look at Solana's Landmark Upgrade for Near-Instant Finality

Alpenglow

Arbitrage Trading Guide

Introduction

There are just too many AI Frameworks

There are just too many AI Frameworks

Unofficial Guide to Rust Optimization Techniques

Unofficial Guide to Rust Optimization Techniques

Understanding Rust’s Performance Model

Zero-Cost Abstractions

Inside Drift: Architecting a High-Performance Orderbook on Solana

Inside Drift: Architecting a High-Performance Orderbook on Solana

Architecture of Drift

An Engineer's Guide to Building and Validating Quantitative Trading Strategies

An Engineer’s Guide to Building and Validating Quantitative Trading Strategies

Introduction

Contact

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