Think Different by Jakub Jirák: latest posts
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MacBook Pro for photography: a complete field workflow
A research guide to MacBook Pro for photography, covering M5 Pro versus Max, reference modes, field backups, Smart Previews, AI tasks and a clean return home.
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A Product Test: 7 Days Without Notifications (What Happens to Focus, Stress, and Decision Quality)
A seven-day experiment with zero notifications reveals surprising effects on focus, stress levels, and decision-making quality. Personal data, honest.
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Prompt engineering for code: Difference between role prompts and persona cosplay
A field-tested take on the difference between role prompts and persona cosplay with Prompt engineering for code: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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The Enterprise AI Vendor Landscape: Who Is Actually Winning and Why
An analysis of which enterprise AI vendors have genuinely won enterprise contracts versus those surviving on pilots, and the structural reasons why.
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The Best Apple Accessories for Content Creators
An honest guide to the Apple accessories content creators actually need: mics, Continuity Camera, lighting, fast storage, Stream Deck and stands, ranked by priority and by creator type.
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Apple Watch Ultra 4 research review: useful endurance
An Apple Watch Ultra 4 research review covering distinct battery modes, outdoor controls, fit and euro pricing, without invented GPS or sensor measurements.
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Chemistry Is Harder Than Software, and It's Bottlenecking Everything
Exploring why battery technology lags decades behind software innovation. Chemistry operates under physical laws that code doesn't face, and this gap is.
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Cline and Roo Code: Routing cheap models for boilerplate, frontier models for design
A field-tested take on routing cheap models for boilerplate, frontier models for design with Cline and Roo Code: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How to Use Live Text and Visual Look Up to Turn Your Camera Into a Tool
How to use Live Text and Visual Look Up on iPhone, iPad, and Mac in 2026 to copy text from photos, translate signs, scan documents, call numbers, and identify plants.
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The ROI Measurement Problem: Why Nobody Knows If Their AI Is Working
Why measuring enterprise AI ROI is harder than it looks, what measurement approaches actually work, and why most companies stopped trying seriously.
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Mac Studio for photography: when Max is enough
A research guide to Mac Studio for photography, using original M5 Ultra evidence to weigh Max, memory, AI processing, scratch storage and studio delivery.