Robert Annett

Robert works for an investment bank and has spent many years creating and maintaining trading systems. He knows far too much about low latency data systems and garbage collection than is good for anyone. If you find yourself in a pub with him then do NOT mention phrases like "mark and sweep" or "memory profiling" as you'll be stuck there for hours and, might, be forced to break an ashtray over your own head to get away from him.

When not pouring over data connections or tormenting interviewees with circular reference questions, Robert can be found locked in his shed with an impressive collection of woodworking tools.

E-mail : robert.annett at codingthearchitecture.com

Recent Blog Entries
1	Project Naming Whenever I've started work on a new project I've had an introduction along these lines: Wizard feeds into Pluto, which then re-values. It broadcasts changes that are picked up by Puma and recorded by Halo. but what they really mean is something like: ...	01-Mar-2008
2	System Design and Reconciliation Even those not working in Finance have probably heard about the intriguing events in a large investment bank and the HUGE losses that have occurred. The interesting comment from an IT and architecture point of view is the following: The trader ...	08-Feb-2008
3	Architectural Assumptions Most of the systems I've worked on in the recent past have been latency rather than throughput orientated. However my current project is definitely throughput focused and scales horizontally rather than vertically (this is a simplification but basically ...	24-Dec-2007