Think Different by Jakub Jirák: posts, page 8 of 142
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The Real Advantage of Building in Public (And the Hidden Cost)
An honest assessment of building in public: the genuine benefits of transparency, the hidden psychological costs, and practical strategies for.
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Local LLMs with Ollama: Picking a local model for the specific task, not for the benchmark
A field-tested take on picking a local model for the specific task, not for the benchmark with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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The ECG AI Arms Race
AI ECG models can predict dozens of conditions from a standard 12-lead ECG. The clinical opportunity is enormous; so are the implementation and interpretation challenges.
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The Economics of Ancient Mediterranean Wine Trade
Wine was the dominant traded commodity of the ancient Mediterranean, with production, distribution, and taxation systems more sophisticated than modern accounts suggest. This article examines the archaeology of amphora evidence, the economics of ancient wine production, and how the wine trade shaped Mediterranean agriculture.
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The Best Apple Setup for Students, by Budget and Course
A practical 2026 student guide to Apple gear: iPad versus MacBook Air, education pricing, what to buy by course, the accessories that earn their place.
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Why Writing About Technology Is Still One of the Best Side Hustles
Tech writing builds compounding assets while you learn. Discover why writing about technology remains one of the most valuable side hustles for building.
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Agentic coding: Budgets as the only feature that stops a bad loop
A field-tested take on budgets as the only feature that stops a bad loop with Agentic coding: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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Find My, Mastered: How to Locate, Share, and Recover Any Apple Device
Master Find My in 2026: set up device tracking, share location with people, find AirTags, use Lost Mode and Activation Lock, and recover a missing Apple device.
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Generative Chemistry
Generative AI models are designing drug molecules from scratch. Here's what the chemistry literature reveals about their capabilities, limitations, and failure modes.
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How Medieval Islamic Commerce Shaped Global Trade
Medieval Islamic civilization created the most sophisticated long-distance trading system of the pre-modern world, developing the qirad partnership, the hawala remittance system, and a commercial culture documented in extraordinary detail by the Cairo Geniza papers. This article examines how it worked and why it matters.
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MCP servers: Smallest MCP server that earns its keep
A field-tested take on the smallest MCP server that earns its keep with MCP servers: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
