INDEPENDENT WORKSHOP, BERLIN

A workshop for tools shaped by art, science, and philosophy.

Obanek Labs is an independent workshop where tools are built to respond to the changing needs of the world. We do not follow a single market. We follow questions, discomforts, and gaps, and we let each project find its own shape through the lenses that matter: how things work, why they matter, and how they make us feel.

workshop.sh
> listening for questions
> shaping tools
ART
Form, intention, and beauty as part of the answer.
SCIENCE
Measurable, testable, grounded in evidence.
PHILOSOPHY
The questions that make the work worth doing.
founder.md
JO
Juan Manuel Ortiz
FOUNDER
berlin • made in argentina

Software engineer who ended up running an independent workshop in Berlin. Master's in Computer Science and 15+ years across the stack. I have worn most of the hats the IT world offers: database administrator, infrastructure engineer, technical support troubleshooter, independent consultant, and CIO. Somewhere in the middle of all that I wrote a book called Chief Flow Officer about how knowledge teams actually produce work when nobody is looking.

I get excited about quantum amplitude estimation at 2am. I published research applying quantum algorithms to industrial project management, using real Jira ticket datasets as case studies. When I am not shipping code I read neuroscience papers, wrestle with philosophy, and look for the places where those three fields overlap. They overlap more than you would think.

Obanek Labs is the workshop where those curiosities meet the keyboard. It is how I build tools that I wish someone had handed me before.

quantum neuroscience philosophy cognitive-load distributed-systems first-principles
clarinet LIVE
Cognitive load optimization API. Measures the real cost of each task and sequences work to prevent overload before it happens.
next tool SOON
Something at the intersection of quantum, neuroscience, and whatever question arrives next. More when it is ready.