Vlad DudaPragmatist

A personal notebook

Finance, AI, and how things work.

Engineer, founder, and pragmatist. I build software and follow my curiosity across technology, markets, and the systems behind them.

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Finance, business, software, and the occasional detour. A reading log that goes back to 2015.

Books read
145
Avg. books / year
13.1

Top categories

  • Self-Help 35 entries
  • Business 33 entries
  • Fun 33 entries

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Where the Money Goes in Prediction Markets

A data-first look at 72 million Kalshi trades: market accuracy, longshot returns, the maker–taker gap across categories, and how that gap shifted as the market grew.

4 min read

Insights from the last AI Cycle

An analysis of the AI development cycle from 2016-2018, highlighting key lessons in strategic planning, the need for sustainable business models, the value of simplicity, and …

2 min read