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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Choosing the Right Pull Request Size for Agentic Coding
Jun 17, 2026 / 9 min read
How to size pull requests in the age of AI and agentic coding: stop splitting by lines or layers and scope each PR around a single, testable unit of behavior.
Obsidian as an AI-Powered Second Brain with Claude Code
Apr 16, 2026 / 12 min read
A practical guide to using Obsidian as your AI-powered second brain with Claude Code — automated recaps, people insights, process documentation, and more.
Our Best AI Investment of 2025: Time to Fail
Dec 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.