Alessandro Salvato

Heaps are the hidden heroes of computer science. They power priority queues, task schedulers, and algorithms like Dijkstra, offering O(log n) efficiency for insertions and deletions. Forget constantly sorting arrays—one simple property keeps the maximum or minimum always on top. With a few basic operations, heaps turn messy problems into elegant, high-performance solutions.

Most traders dream of beating the market. Jim Simons didn’t just beat it—he solved it. That’s literally the title of Gregory Zuckerman’s...

Your emotions suck at trading—fear, greed, and hope ruin decisions. Algorithms don’t care. They follow rules: when to enter, how to manage, when to exit. But here’s the catch: you can always hit the stop button, and that’s when psychology sneaks back in. Algo trading reduces emotions, but discipline is still the real edge.