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		PhantomGremlin on June 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A high-frequency trading model using Interactive B... It's good that you lead with risk as #1. You know this, but many don't follow so closely. So here's a Wiki entry of a recent spectacular failure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Capital_Group The first sentence: `The Knight Capital Group was an American global financial services firm` The key word is: was

toomuchtodo on June 10, 2015 [–]

As an infrastructure engineer doing DevOps currently, I use Knight Capital Group frequently as an example as why its important to always be in control of your application's environment.

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