Underwriting, with the error bar attached

A score without an error bar is an opinion.

Every number here is drawn inside the interval we measured by re-running the same input ten times. We publish the misses too.

See the ledger
55 ± 3.1 PROVE
REWORK
PROVE
BUILD
rubric w3.0-20260804 · interval ±3.1 at 95% (n=10, sd=1.6, measured 2026-08-04) · the band is what re-running the same input actually produces

That band is not a design flourish. It is what happened when the same candidate was run through the same rubric ten times: 53 at the low end, 57 at the high end, standard deviation 1.6. It cost $4.76 to find out. A score that straddles a gate is not a verdict, and this is the only way to see that.

Four questions, four rubrics

Operate

Should I run this licensed business?

Buy

Should I acquire this business?

Build

Should I create this?

Take over

Should I take this over?