2022-10-10 - KDB Project Call Meeting Minutes

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Date

Monday, October 10, 2022 - 9:30am ET / 2:30pm UK

// Second Monday of every month

Attendees

Fullname	Affiliation	GitHub Username
James McLeod	FINOS	@mcleo-d
Alexander Unterrainer	HSBC	@AUnterrainer
Gary Davies	AquaQ Analytics	@drgdavies
Jo Shinonome	Citi	@jshinonome
Peter Gyorok	KX Systems	@gyorokpeter
Alvin Shih	Morgan Stanley	@alvin-c-shih
Dmitry Zakharov	Deutsche Bank	@dzmipt
Jonny Press	AquaQ Analytics	@jonnypress

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Agenda

(5 min) Convene, roll call, welcome new people.
[ ] Display FINOS Antitrust Policy summary slide
[ ] Review Meeting Notices (see above)
(5 min) Approve previous meeting minutes.
- Approved by acclamation.
(5 min) vscode-q / related updates.
- jkdb alternative to c.js.
- https://github.com/jshinonome/jkdb
- https://github.com/KxSystems/kdb/blob/master/c/c.js
- Looking to add Shakti support in the coming months.
(5 min) Kdb Studio updates / discussion.
- Work underway to package for macOS.
- Feature to copy symbols without backtick?
- Double click on a table cell will copy that single cell without backtick.
- No bulk copying support at the moment.er?
(5 min) qPython : Making the GitHub repo PR only.
- Hasty fix for vulnerability was done using "Edit" feature while undercaffeinated:
- https://github.com/finos/qPython/blob/main/.github/workflows/publish.yml
- Juan has enabled "branch protection" for kdb, kdb-studio, and qPython projects.
- https://docs.github.com/articles/about-protected-branches
- Closed the Whitesource ticket.
- https://github.com/finos/qPython/issues/8
(5 min) Pointers to organizing / cataloging related input / output tables in ML projects?
- Callers in attendance more about kdb plants.
- Will put out a call for folks interesting in launching an "ML Ops" project under FINOS on the 2022Q4 All-Community Call.
- https://github.com/finos/community/issues/209
- Worth talking with Synechron since their Compliance Horizon Scanning proposal incorporates ML.
- https://github.com/finos/community/issues/195
(5 min) CCLA / ICLA status / questions?
- One caller's employer working towards a CCLA and asks that their employees hold off on ICLAs for now.
(5 min) Videos featuring TimeBase and kdb+ are out!
- https://resources.finos.org/znglist/industry-discussion-timebase-ce-kdb-and-front-end-development-with-perspective/
- Strangely doesn't come up if I search for "kdb" from https://resources.finos.org/ .
- Also doesn't turn up when searching the FINOS channel on YouTube.
- https://www.youtube.com/c/FINOS
- Click on the Znglists dropdown to find them.
(5 min) Any takeaways from: 2022-09-15 - KX LIVE: Breakthrough to Real-time Data Analytics in the Cloud ?
- https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kx1/729530
- Backtester into KX Analytics was showcased.
- Load historical data and test algos like mean reversion.
- Drag and drop UI demo with trading signals when moving averages cross.
  - Something one might see with MetaTrader.
(5 min) Any new FINOS activity that might be of interest to kdb+ community?
- KDB Project Booth at Open Source in Finance Forum on 8th December in NYC - @mcleo-d
- Linux Foundation OpenSSF Maintainer and Team Training Interest - https://openssf.org/training/courses/ - @mcleo-d
- (5 min) AOB, Q&A, Adjourn.
- Anybody played with j901 for iOS? Nope.
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/j901/id1483497239
- Minor rebranding at FD / KX back in the spring.
- Kx -> KX (now all caps)
- First Derivatives is now FD Technologies aka First Derivative (singular)
- Seems like a few participants have tried building HDBs at hourly rather than daily resolution.
- See if we can share experiences of what worked and what didn't.