# JP LeBlanc

> JP LeBlanc is Builder / SVP Engineering at AdaCX in Montréal, is building Mistiq, and wrote The Output Trap. Previously SVP of Engineering at CircleCI. The homepage, jpleblanc.com, is built like a 1990s dial-up bulletin board system (JP//BBS).

## Now

- Builder / SVP Engineering at [AdaCX](https://www.ada.cx) since 2026-05.
- Building [Mistiq](https://mistiq.ai): An email address that reads its own mail: an email server and client built for agents, with humans approving what goes out.
- 14 products shipped since 2024.

## Career

- Builder / SVP Engineering, [AdaCX](https://www.ada.cx), 2026-05 to present
- SVP of Engineering, [CircleCI](https://circleci.com), 2021-07 to 2026-05
- Chief Technology Officer, [sunday](https://sundayapp.com), 2021-04 to 2021-07
- SVP Product & Technology, [Lightspeed](https://www.lightspeedhq.com), 2018-05 to 2021-04
- VP of Product Engineering: Music, Video, API, [Shutterstock](https://www.shutterstock.com), 2015-04 to 2018-05

## Books

- [The Output Trap](https://outputtrap.com): about software delivery, outcomes, and the gap between activity and confirmed results in engineering teams.
- [After The Prompt](https://aftertheprompt.co)

## Products and side projects

- [Humble & Kind](https://humblekind.co) (2026, humblekind.co): Write down what you know, once. Your page answers people, search and AI assistants when they look you up.
- [Glyfo](https://glyfo.co) (2026, glyfo.co): Live design tokens for component libraries. Change one value and the whole UI follows.
- [Manuscrit](https://manuscrit.co) (2026, manuscrit.co): A structured interview over a few days, then a full manuscript of your book 24 hours after your last answer.
- [OpenPostern](https://openpostern.com) (2026, openpostern.com): Watches your SaaS vendors for breaches and CVEs, and produces the evidence PDFs cyber insurers ask for.
- [OpenAtelier](https://openatelier.co) (2026, openatelier.co): An online editor for manuscripts and world-building, with AI tools for each stage.
- [Étincel](https://etincel.ai) (2026, etincel.ai): Turns an expert's knowledge into a finished manuscript in weeks, in their own voice.
- [Agent-Led Strategy](https://agentledstrategy.com) (2026, agentledstrategy.com): A sandbox for handing growth work to autonomous agents, with scoped APIs and payouts tied to outcomes.
- [DottedBlock](https://dottedblock.com) (2026, dottedblock.com): Maps people across six dimensions instead of reducing them to a single performance score.
- [OODLC](https://oodlc.com) (2026, oodlc.com): For teams that plan carefully but never go back to check what last quarter actually accomplished.
- [Zombie Rebuild](https://zombierebuild.com) (2026, zombierebuild.com): Rebuilds websites that have been left to rot.
- [Society of Mysteries](https://societyofmysteries.com) (2025, societyofmysteries.com): Mystery party kits.
- [Tiny Etiquette](https://tinyetiquette.com) (2025, tinyetiquette.com): Products about modern manners. Co-founded.
- [AI Story Hub](https://aistoryhub.co) (2024, aistoryhub.co): A writing platform for storytellers, with AI built into the editor.

## Contact

- Email: hello@jpleblanc.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jphilippeleblanc/
- GitHub: https://github.com/jeanl
- X: https://twitter.com/jeanl

## About the site

- jpleblanc.com is JP//BBS, an interactive homage to dial-up BBSes: a main menu, a file area listing the side projects, one-liners, a shared graffiti wall, live chat, a poll and a door game (Legend of the Red Deploy). Visitors can register a handle.
- Everything above is also on the homepage as plain text, rendered on the server.