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Durkode -> ha.mi.sh

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 12:17:12 +1000

This site used to be durkode.com. I have now switched it to ha.mi.sh, with the sole reason being I got the domain and I’ll be damned if I’m not going to use it.

About

Sat, 17 Jun 2023 15:06:16 +1000

I’m Hamish Durkin, a software infrastructure engineer from Sydney, Australia. I’ve spent the last several years at Canva working on infrastructure.

This blog is a place to publish my thoughts independent of any social platform. I make no promises regarding the frequency, quality, or thematic consistency of what I write here. Rather it is a collection of my thoughts when the inspiration strikes to record and share them. This site is as much for me as it is for you.

Laptop + EGPU + Ubuntu. My Experience

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:22:11 +1100

Today I got my Dell XPS 9350 working with 2 external monitors via an Aorus 1080 gaming box EGPU. There are some caveats, but for the guide read below (and skip over the reasoning section if you are only interested in the technical components).

The Clinton Arbitrage

Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:51:14 +1000

The 2016 US Presidential election so far has been a splendid spectator affair. What was quite interesting to observe was Hillary Clinton having a recent health scare during a 9/11 memorial event. Now I am not one to be drawn into political debate, but I am one to analyse the odds around incidents such as these. Was there a dollar to be made?

How to make money from insider trading ... without insider trading

Wed, 12 Aug 2015 07:22:30 +1000

Recently I read this article on how hackers obtained private press release and then sold this information to traders who then acted on them to make profitable trades.

Seemingly the trading methodology was to buy out of money options that are assumed to be worthless just before the press release was made public, watch the value of these options skyrocket and then exercise or sell them.

Time Keeps Accelerating

Tue, 05 May 2015 11:16:11 +1000

Many people have told me that you can gain everything you want in life, you just can’t have it all at the same time. It is said that when you are young you have time and energy but no money, in middle age you have money and energy but no time, and in old age you have money and time but no energy.

A New Appreciation For Maths

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 21:51:15 +1000

I don’t want this post to turn out with that soppy, transcendental tone that I read so often and slightly cringe at. I feel I just had an important experience that reinforces a recent change in attitude towards maths and its role in my work.

Working, Learning, and the Path Ahead

Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:46:39 +1100

My 6 month journey through to Sweden provided much food for thought. Honestly, while I was over there I wasn’t thinking so much, but when I returned to Australia the holiday was over and I knew some of those dreaded ’life decisions’ would need to be made.

World Cup Arbitrage

Sun, 15 Jun 2014 03:45:49 +1000

I have caught a piece of World Cup Fever, and although Australia may not have the easiest route forward (understatement of the year) the tournament has been lively and enjoyable so far.

Spotify P2P - The Unadvertised Feature

Fri, 02 May 2014 04:18:09 +1000

I was recently looking for a way to download the latest version of spotify on my Ubuntu machine (hint: it’s not release yet and probably won’t be for a while), when I ran across the following thread on the spotify forum:

We shouldn't exist, but we do

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:26:39 +1100

Earlier this week we had a guest lecturer for our Software Engineering Workshop course (SENG3011 for those at UNSW). The guest was Andrew Maxwell from Optiver, a Dutch trading firm that has a strong Australian presence and invests heavily in IT solutions to facilitate their business (both for algorithmic traders and their human counterparts).

Welcome To DurKode

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 09:55:03 +1100

Welcome To DurKode, my personal blog about code, university, and other things of interest. This blog is an attempt to catalogue my journeys and thoughts with relation to nearly anything, and hopefully provide some interesting material for whoever reads this site.