https://maxubrq.space/en Essays on science, technology, philosophy, and art — often with something you can play with. Updated roughly monthly, or when I have something to say. en https://maxubrq.space/en/writing/004-AI-empowerment-counting-by-SP-en https://maxubrq.space/en/writing/004-AI-empowerment-counting-by-SP-en Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Tech A team asked to grow 10% per quarter, measured in story points. Working through the arithmetic — sample deviation, standard error, the two kinds of error — the target turns out to be smaller than the noise it must be read against, and the honest answer takes two and a half years. https://maxubrq.space/en/writing/002-seven-years-in-software_en https://maxubrq.space/en/writing/002-seven-years-in-software_en Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT Thinking Not a career guide and not a roadmap. This is simply me looking back. https://maxubrq.space/en/writing/001-float-memory-en https://maxubrq.space/en/writing/001-float-memory-en Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT Tech A tour of IEEE 754: how do you compress an infinite real number line into a 32 bit register? Build a float by hand in binary, then see why the gaps between floats are uneven and what that means for every calculation you have ever written.