> open /techniques/pareto --case=003
CASE #003 // THE CHAOTIC CAPYBARA CAFÉ

ParetoRank the pain.

When everything seems important, count the recurring problems and rank them by impact. Pareto Analysis helps you focus on the few categories creating most of the trouble.

PURPOSEPRIORITIZE
DIFFICULTYEASY
TIME20–45 MIN
BEST FORRECURRING ISSUES
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STATUS: EVERYTHING IS ON FIRE ☕
PROBLEM_

The café logged 100 incidents this week. ☕🍉🥄

Capybara cannot fix all six categories at once. So instead of arguing about what feels worst, we turn the incident log into ranked evidence.

PARETO CONSOLE / 100 INCIDENTSMODE: COUNT → RANK → CUMULATE

RANKED INCIDENTS + CUMULATIVE IMPACT_

Pareto chart of 100 café incidentsDropped watermelon, cold coffee and missing spoons account for eighty percent of incidents. 01020304080% LINE 422513974 80% REACHED HERE ↑ watermeloncold coffeespoonsqueuewrong orderchair
TOP 3 CATEGORIES80%
ALL OTHER CATEGORIES20%
FIRST TARGET🍉 42
PRIORITY SIGNAL_

Three categories create four-fifths of the incidents.

The 80/20 rule is a useful heuristic, not a law. Here the data happens to land exactly at 80% after the first three categories.

→
1. Dropped watermelon 🍉42%
2. Cold coffee ☕25%
3. Missing spoons 🥄13%
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STATUS: FIXING THE VITAL FEW
ACTION_

Start where the bars are tallest.

Capybara fixes the watermelon handling process first, then coffee temperature, then spoon replenishment. The squeaky chair can remain dramatically squeaky for another day.

REAL WORLD TRANSLATION_

Café incidents→Defects / tickets / failures
Categories→Recurring cause types
Bars→Frequency or impact
Cumulative line→Share of total impact

REMEMBER_

Pareto prioritizes; it does not explain causality. A tall bar tells you where the impact is concentrated, not why that category occurs. After choosing a priority, use a causal technique such as 5 Whys or Fishbone to investigate it.

> run /tools/pareto --interactive

TRY IT YOURSELF_

Enter recurring categories and their counts or impact values. The workspace ranks them automatically, calculates cumulative contribution, and shows where your focus threshold is reached.

LOCAL WORKSPACE
saved on this device
PARETO WORKSPACE / YOUR DATACOUNT → RANK → CUMULATE → PRIORITIZE
LOCAL SAVE ACTIVE_Changes are auto-saved in this browser on this device.

CAPYBARA PRIVACY NOTE_ Keep passwords, API keys, access tokens and credentials out of the workspace. Private Session controls problem.me storage; it is not a secret vault. HOW PRIVACY WORKS →

RAW CATEGORIES_Pareto will sort them

PRIVACY: this draft stays in your browser's local storage. Nothing is uploaded.

AUTO-SAVE READY_
REASONING LAYER_

EVIDENCE LEDGER_

Separate what you know from what you think. Facts, assumptions, tests and results stay visible while the investigation evolves.

NO EVIDENCE LOGGED
LEDGER READY_
CAPYBARA.EXE: Claims are cheaper than evidence. Log what you actually know.