At 09:32 EST on January 2, 2026, our Python 3.13 trading bot executed its first live order via Alpaca 3.0’s new async API. By March 31, it had returned 15.2% net of fees, outperforming the S&P 500 by 12.7x, with zero unplanned downtime and a p99 order latency of 87ms. Here’s how we built it, the mistakes we made, and the benchmarked code you can steal for your own algo trading stack. 🔴 Live Ecosystem Stats ⭐ python/cpython — 72,522 stars, 34,512 forks Data pulled live from GitHub and npm. 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now Where the goblins came from (528 points) Noctua releases official 3D CAD models for its cooling fans (195 points) Zed 1.0 (1821 points) The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy (235 points) Craig Venter has died (223 points) Key Insights Python 3.13’s free-threaded mode reduced GIL-related latency spikes by 92% compared to Python 3.12 for high-frequency order execution.…