Susan Potter
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Productivity

Productivity in quant research is not about cranking out more backtests per hour. It is about building workflows that help you recognize dead ends early and focus your energy on hypotheses worth pursuing. I write about the tools, habits, and mental models that keep my research process honest and sustainable.


2026-05
Quant

From Hypothesis to Production: A Quant's Productivity Toolkit

Productivity in quantitative work isn’t about doing things faster. It’s about knowing when to stop. A walkthrough of the tools and stages I use to take a trading strategy hypothesis from …

2021-07
Review

reMarkable 2: A Quant Researcher's Paper Tablet

The reMarkable 2 e-ink tablet has become essential to my quantitative research workflow, from reading statistics papers to annotating proofs inline and teaching mathematical concepts via screen …