Think Different by Jakub Jirák: latest posts
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How the Spanish Empire's Fiscal System Collapsed
The Spanish Crown declared bankruptcy nine times between 1557 and 1662, making it the most consequential case of repeated fiscal failure in early modern history. This article examines the structural mechanics of imperial debt, the role of Genoese banking families, and why silver abundance produced Castilian poverty.
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Intel's Loihi and the Neuromorphic Bet Nobody Is Watching
Intel's Loihi neuromorphic chip challenges conventional AI hardware assumptions. Here's why the brain-inspired bet deserves more serious attention than it gets.
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The Best iPad for Drawing and Note-Taking
How to pick the best iPad for drawing and note-taking: laminated displays, Apple Pencil pairing, ProMotion, the right size, and the matte trick that makes glass feel like paper.
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Attention Tax: Apple's Invisible Design Philosophy That Competitors Can't Copy
Explore how Apple's obsessive reduction of attention tax creates products that feel effortless, and why competitors struggle to replicate this invisible.
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Google Gemini: Using Gemini CLI as glue between Cloud Run and your local repo
A field-tested take on using Gemini CLI as glue between Cloud Run and your local repo with Google Gemini: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How to Screenshot, Edit, and Screen-Record on Mac and iPhone
A 2026 guide to capturing, marking up and screen-recording on Mac and iPhone: every shortcut, the Markup tools, safe redaction, where the files land, and a handy keyboard cheat sheet.
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The History of Price Controls from Rome to Weimar
Price controls have been deployed by governments across four thousand years of recorded history, and the pattern of their failure is remarkably consistent. This article examines the economic mechanics and historical record of price ceilings from Diocletian's Rome to World War I rent control, revealing what works and what never does.
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Why the GPU Isn't the Endgame: The Physics Case for Specialized Inference Chips
GPUs dominate AI training, but inference economics are forcing a reckoning. Here's the physics argument for why specialized chips win the next decade.
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Why Reviews Are No Longer About Features But About Living With the Product
Modern product reviews have shifted from dry specifications to describing real life with the product. Explore why this change matters and how it affects.
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ChatGPT Codex: Using AGENTS.md to describe the environment the sandbox must respect
A field-tested take on using AGENTS.md to describe the environment the sandbox must respect with ChatGPT Codex: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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What Television Survived and What Democracy Might Not
Television changed elections but democracy survived. The AI era poses harder questions about whether the adaptation mechanisms that worked before can work again.
