Think Different by Jakub Jirák: latest posts
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Mac Studio Ultra: Performance That's No Longer for Benchmarks, But for Peace of Mind
Exploring how the Mac Studio Ultra represents a shift from performance chasing to cognitive outsourcing, and what we lose when machines become too.
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Local LLMs with Ollama: Pairing Ollama with Continue or Cline for a private IDE
A field-tested take on pairing Ollama with Continue or Cline for a private IDE with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How Tobacco Became a Colonial Currency in Virginia
Tobacco determined Virginia's economic structure for 150 years — functioning simultaneously as cash crop, monetary medium, and political foundation. The story of how one plant reshaped a colony's institutions is the canonical case of the commodity trap in American history.
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Samsung vs. TSMC: How the Foundry Duopoly Controls the AI Hardware Stack
TSMC and Samsung Foundry together manufacture almost all advanced AI chips. The geopolitics of this duopoly shapes the entire AI industry in ways most analysis misses.
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Mac mini for video editing: M6 or M5 Pro
Choose a Mac mini for video editing with a research-based M6 and M5 Pro guide to codecs, proxies, storage, memory and a fair test using your actual footage.
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The Best Technology Is the One You Don't Notice
Exploring how the most effective technologies disappear into daily life, the hidden costs of seamless automation, and why noticing what you don't notice.
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Agentic coding: What to log when an agent writes for you
A field-tested take on what to log when an agent writes for you with Agentic coding: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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The Economics of Debt and Default in 19th-Century Latin America
From the fraudulent bond issues of the 1820s to the Baring Crisis of 1890, Latin American sovereign debt history reveals the structural conditions that make serial default almost inevitable for commodity-dependent economies borrowing in foreign currencies. The pattern has never gone away.
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The Memory Wall: Why DRAM Is the Real Bottleneck in AI Chips
DRAM bandwidth, not compute performance, is the binding constraint for AI inference. Here's the physics of the memory wall and why it shapes every chip design decision.
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The Best Fitness Setup: Apple Watch, Bands, and What to Skip
An honest Apple Watch fitness guide: which Watch to buy, the bands that matter, wrist versus chest strap accuracy, and the accessories not worth your money.
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iPhone 18 Pro research review: more camera control
An iPhone 18 Pro research review covering camera controls, zoom wording, published battery testing and euro pricing, with a practical upgrade decision.
