Bobby Mathews Blog Writing
Rust systems engineer. I build distributed infrastructure and write about it.
About
I work on high-performance Rust infrastructure: async runtimes, data pipelines, and systems where latency and throughput numbers matter. Current focus is Solana infrastructure: RPC connection pooling, Geyser gRPC streaming, and time-series indexing pipelines. I also build formal verification tooling for structured document workflows.
Featured Project
Production-grade Solana data pipeline with real-time indexing, exactly-once semantics, and sub-200ms slot-to-query latency for trading and analytics workloads.
Performance (devnet):
40+ TPS sustained · Sub-200ms slot-to-indexed · Zero event drops with WAL crash recovery
Correctness guarantees:
Exactly-once semantics · Gap detection + RPC fallback · Mathematical data safety (never crashes on bad input) · Auto-heals within 5s
Architecture:
Geyser gRPC streaming → TimescaleDB hypertables · Designed for 5,000+ TPS (mainnet-ready) · Horizontal scaling via consumer groups
Rust · tokio · tonic · axum · TimescaleDB · PostgreSQL
Other Projects
Constrained document verification engine for patent prosecution. Formal grammar verification runs in WASM client-side; local LLM inference via WebGPU. Targets the semantic layer that existing patent tools do not cover.
Rust · WASM · WebGPU · pest · logos · petgraph
Controlled benchmark isolating Tokio executor starvation under blocking workloads. Key finding: 101x p99 latency increase under starvation. EC2-controlled environment, reproducible results.
Rust · criterion · tokio
Spot instance orchestration prototype for GPU inference. EC2 tag-based worker discovery, interruption-aware draining, stateless failover. Worked end-to-end; not pursued for economic reasons.
Rust · AWS EC2 · vLLM · SSM
Writing
I write about deep technical topics in distributed infrastructure and the solutions to close the gaps.
Expertise
Core competencies for infrastructure and trading systems:
Contract Work
I work with trading firms, analytics platforms, and high-throughput Solana infrastructure teams. Current availability for Solana indexing, performance optimization, and distributed systems consulting.
Focus areas: Real-time data pipelines, Geyser integration, latency optimization, RPC pooling, TimescaleDB architecture.