Latest articleEngineeringSeptember 6, 2026
Why monitoring matters more than most traders think
Monitoring isn't just about detecting problems. It's about understanding what your system is doing before small issues become big ones.
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Oblivion Journal
Build notes, product decisions, and lessons learned while building Oblivion.
LessonsAugust 30, 2026
Lessons learned operating production trading bots
The biggest lessons I've learned didn't come from writing code. They came from watching software operate continuously in the real world.
Read articleEngineeringAugust 23, 2026
Why reliability matters more than features
A feature only creates value if people can rely on it. Over time, I learned that reliability is what turns software into a product.
Read articleEngineeringAugust 16, 2026
What breaks first in automated trading systems
Most automated trading systems don't fail because of the strategy. They fail because of everything around it.
Read articleStoryAugust 9, 2026
The biggest mistake I made building Oblivion
Looking back, the biggest mistake wasn't technical. It was how I approached the project itself.
Read articleTradingAugust 2, 2026
What I learned from months of forward testing
Paper trading is useful, but nothing replaces observing a system operating in real market conditions.
Read articleEngineeringJuly 26, 2026
Running trading systems 24/7
Building a trading bot is one challenge. Keeping it running every day is another.
Read articleTradingJuly 19, 2026
Fixed grid sizes were hurting my results
A simple assumption about market behaviour eventually forced me to rethink how trading systems should adapt to changing conditions.
Read articleEngineeringJuly 12, 2026
Building a multi-bot architecture
Why I eventually moved away from a single trading bot and started thinking in terms of multiple independent systems.
Read articleEngineeringJuly 5, 2026
The asset selection problem
One of the biggest challenges in automated trading isn't execution. It's deciding what to trade in the first place.
Read articleTradingJune 28, 2026
Why capital preservation matters more than returns
The lesson that changed the way I think about trading, automation and long-term performance.
Read articleTradingJune 21, 2026
Why I only trade spot and avoid leverage
The philosophy behind my decision to build Oblivion around spot trading instead of leverage, futures or margin.
Read articleStoryJune 14, 2026
Building a trading SaaS while working full time
What it really looks like to build a trading automation platform over several years while working a full-time job.
Read articleStoryJune 6, 2026
Why I started building Oblivion
The story behind Oblivion and why I decided to build my own automated trading system from scratch.
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