# TraderX Engineering Blog

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/llms.txt).

This blog captures the broader TraderX story over time: how the project started, how it was prepared for open-source growth, how platform and documentation milestones landed, and how we eventually moved to a SpecKit-first state model.

## Articles

*   [May 20, 2026: We’re Finally Live with TraderX Demos](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-05-20-were-finally-live-demos.md)
*   [April 20, 2026: Why Our TraderX + Sail Migration to @morgan-stanley/fdc3-web Failed (and What We Learned)](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-04-20-fdc3-web-migration-retrospective.md)
*   [April 18, 2026: Integrating FDC3 in TraderX (What Worked, What Was Flaky, What We Learned)](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-04-18-fdc3-integration-lessons.md)
*   [April 10, 2026: Custom Overlay Model for Environment-Specific TraderX](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-04-10-custom-overlay-model-and-example.md)
*   [April 10, 2026: State 003 - Agentic Harness Foundation](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-04-10-state-003-agentic-harness-foundation.md)
*   [April 6, 2026: Convergence Milestone Releases (C0-C3)](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-04-06-convergence-milestone-releases.md)
*   [April 6, 2026: State 009 - Rudimentary Order Manager and Matcher](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-04-06-state-009-order-management-matcher.md)
*   [April 6, 2026: State 007 - Observability Baseline with LGTM](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-04-06-state-007-observability-baseline.md)
*   [March 31, 2026: State 008 - Pricing Awareness as a Functional Track](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-03-31-state-011-pricing-awareness-functional-track.md)
*   [March 31, 2026: State 005 - Replacing H2 with PostgreSQL](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-03-31-state-010-postgres-architecture-track.md)
*   [March 31, 2026: State 006 - Swapping Socket.IO for NATS](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-03-31-state-007-nats-architecture-track.md)
*   [March 29, 2026: TraderX + GitHub SpecKit Migration (Technical Retrospective)](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2026-03-29-traderx-speckit-migration.md)
*   [September 2024: Platform Paths on Kubernetes and Radius](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2024-09-platform-paths-kubernetes-radius.md)
*   [March 2024: Docusaurus Portal and Project Storytelling](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2024-03-docs-portal-and-project-storytelling.md)
*   [November 2023: OSFF NYC Keynote Demo and Go-Live Momentum](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2023-11-osff-nyc-keynote-and-go-live.md)
*   [September 2023: Open-Source Hardening and Governance Foundations](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2023-09-open-source-hardening-and-governance.md)
*   [May 2023: From London Hackathon to Open-Source Baseline](https://deploy-preview-472--lucky-concha-f3599f.netlify.app/docs/blog/2023-05-from-hackathon-to-open-source-baseline.md)