
JP Uncompiled
Tactical AI for enterprise software teams
I'm JP, short for John Paul. I've led teams, scaled systems, and written a lot of code over the past 20 years. These days, I'm focused on what AI is doing to modern engineering, and what it takes to use tools like Claude and GPT effectively in real-world software systems.
Here I share hands-on tactics for agentic coding, explore the evolving role of engineers in an AI-powered org, and talk through the leadership challenges of getting teams to adopt this stuff without hype.
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Our Best AI Investment of 2025: Time to Fail
December 20, 2025 • 12 min read
We gave our engineering team two weeks of protected time to fail at AI. Here's what happened when we made failure the goal.

The Ultimate Guide to Spec-Driven Development Frameworks
December 13, 2025 • 12 min read
Stop vibe coding. Compare Taskmaster AI (24k stars), OpenSpec, SpecKit (55k stars), Agent OS, and AgentCMD to find the right spec-driven development framework for your AI coding workflow.

Why I Built AgentCMD
December 8, 2025 • 5 min read
I was tired of babysitting my AI agents. Here's why I spent two months building an orchestration tool to save 30 minutes a day.