LMAX Disruptor
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 11, 2025first mention
Sep 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Martin Fowler's overview of LMAX Disruptor is one of the best reads on this subject re high-load system design”
“Strange to see a lock-free ring buffer without seeing mention of LMAX/Martin Thompson's Java Disruptor”
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“The Disruptor is the result of our efforts to build the world’s highest performance financial exchange at LMAX.”
“I like Disruptor, it's a very neat library”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Threads where it came up
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- Put a ring on it: a lock-free MPMC ring buffer 1 mention
- Ask HN: Good resources to learn financial systems engineering? 1 mention
- FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs 1 mention
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All comments 6
“High Speed Trading team using Java looking puzzled”
“Martin Fowler's overview of LMAX Disruptor is one of the best reads on this subject re high-load system design”
“this is the "LMAX Disruptor"”
“Strange to see a lock-free ring buffer without seeing mention of LMAX/Martin Thompson's Java Disruptor”
“The Disruptor is the result of our efforts to build the world’s highest performance financial exchange at LMAX.”
“I like Disruptor, it's a very neat library”