Python and ZeroMQ

dxdy leverages ZeroMQ for real-time data and dashboard UI implementation. Here we describe this software design.

ZeroMQ

ZeroMQ (along with RabbitMQ) were inspired by AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol), originally designed by JPMorgan Chase. It is a useful abstraction of TCP/IP socket programming and is useful for low-latency financial applications.

Real-Time Dashboards

Although originally intended for network communication, ZeroMQ also features IPC (Inter-Process Communication) sockets. This makes ZeroMQ useful for implement concurrent logic in software, such as real-time dashboards.

Conclusion

ZeroMQ is a useful tech stack for parallel, concurrent and/or low-latency software architectures.