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October 21, 2028
In 2 yearsYour low-latency code is just a legacy bottleneck waiting for silicon.
Senior C++ dev, mostly fighting templates and production fires.
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patches production memory leaks in nanoseconds
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The one thing AI can't do
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Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 5
AI-driven diagnostic tools identify your inefficient C++ code paths automatically.
Month 6
Agents rewrite your hot loops into optimized assembly-level instructions without human intervention.
Month 12
Production support is handled by agents that resolve binary incidents in real-time.
Month 19
Entire trading engine modules are generated from high-level behavioral specs by our systems.
Year 2 · D-Day
The final human-written trading logic is purged and replaced by pure silicon execution.
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Per year
Savings: 92%
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