[localhost3000]

Why was this posted to hackernews? Most of us aren't commodity traders so can offer nothing more than superficial feedback ( likely on the things traders won't care about - like font choice or css comments...) and we certainly won't be paying customers.

[Sukotto]

I find this sort of article extremely interesting. (I'm in the commodity trading space, mostly natural gas and electricity)

Beware the fallacy where you believe everyone around you has similar interests; likes; dislikes; pop-culture background; etc as yourself.

[haliax]

Off-topic, but how did you get into commodities? Do you trade independently, or for a large firm?

[Sukotto]

I don't trade. I help traders better understand the market conditions so they can make better trading decisions. Mostly through pulling together different types of publicly available (scraping) and purchased data (or, you could call me a programmer)

After about 5 years of being on the webmaster team of a technology megacorp I was offered a chance to join great energy trading company in a sort of developer/analyst/bridge/free-agent role. Since then, that company has traded hands a couple of times and currently belongs to a large European bank that wanted into the US power market.

Email's in my profile if you want to chat.

[inovica]

I'm creating something myself that whilst it is not commodity trading is based on information processing and prediction. Therefore I find this very interesting. It's also interesting in terms of what technologies were used (which has been answered in a another part of the comments). I actually think this is a good fit and its also someone sharing with the community what they have built. Good for them