Manuka Kodithuwakku
Founder.
Engineer.
Explorer.
Building technology and exploring ideas at the intersection of artificial intelligence, software, science, and the future.
Companies I’m building.
A small number of things, made with care over long stretches of time.
Diver AI
A research platform helping traders make better decisions through disciplined AI, transparent reasoning, and rigorous data.
Fli SOFT
A small studio building thoughtful software for founders, teams, and institutions who care how their tools are made.
Frontier Podcast
Long, quiet conversations with founders, engineers, researchers, and creators about the frontiers they’re exploring.
Notes from the field.
Thoughts, essays, research notes, predictions, and ideas.
- Essays
Building Before University
On starting companies before you know what you’re doing, and why the not-knowing is the point.
Jan 14, 20267 min read - Ideas
Why AI Won’t Replace Great Traders
Markets aren’t a prediction problem. They’re a judgement problem under uncertainty. Judgement is very hard to automate.
Dec 2, 20259 min read - Research Notes
Sacred Equations
A short note on the equations physicists treat like relics — and what they teach a builder about compression.
Oct 21, 20256 min read - Predictions
Can AI Discover Physics?
The optimistic case for discovery, the pessimistic case for taste, and a middle path I find more interesting than either.
Sep 4, 202511 min read
The long game, so far.
- 2015
Started programming
First lines of code, on an old laptop, at night.
- 2017
Built first website
Shipped something to the internet. Nothing felt the same after.
- 2020
First freelance clients
Learned that shipping and getting paid are two different skills.
- 2023
Founded Fli SOFT
A studio for the kind of software I wanted to make.
- 2024
First long-term partners
Trust built slowly, kept carefully.
Current focus.
- Diver AI
- Frontier Podcast
- The Pioneer’s Pathways
- Machine Learning
- Physics
- Economics
- Gödel, Escher, Bach
- Deep Work
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Pioneer’s Pathways
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