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Juan Carlos Orrego

AI architect & developer. I run agent systems in production and write about the calls behind them.

Fine-Tuning vs Retrieval

Jul 14, 2026

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7 min read

Fine-Tuning vs Retrieval

The seventh debate I keep having with myself — and the one where the answer was hiding in how your brain sleeps.

Juan Carlos Orrego
Juan Carlos Orrego
Prompt Engineering vs Prompt Discipline

Jul 7, 2026

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5 min read

Prompt Engineering vs Prompt Discipline

The dead skill was writing magic words. The living one is designing the loop that turns intent into verified action.

Juan Carlos Orrego
Juan Carlos Orrego
Code vs No Code

Jun 30, 2026

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7 min read

Code vs No Code

The fifth debate I keep having with myself — except this one is named wrong, and the real fight is more interesting than either tribe lets on.

Juan Carlos Orrego
Juan Carlos Orrego
Workflow vs Agent

Jun 23, 2026

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8 min read

Workflow vs Agent

The fourth debate I keep having with myself — and the one where the industry is finally close to a shared vocabulary, just in time for everyone to use it wrong.

Juan Carlos Orrego
Juan Carlos Orrego
Reactive vs Present Agents

Jun 16, 2026

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7 min read

Reactive vs Present Agents

The third debate I keep having with myself — and the one with the cleanest infrastructure consequence.

Juan Carlos Orrego
Juan Carlos Orrego
Spec-first vs Vibe-first

Jun 9, 2026

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7 min read

Spec-first vs Vibe-first

The other debate I keep having with myself — and why most teams are fighting the wrong half of it.

Juan Carlos Orrego
Juan Carlos Orrego
Team Polite vs Team Machine

Jun 3, 2026

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6 min read

Team Polite vs Team Machine

The debate I keep having with myself — and why this is the right place to start a series called Don't Pick a Side.

Juan Carlos Orrego
Juan Carlos Orrego

Don't Pick a Side

Steelmanning the loudest debates in AI engineering — then landing on a rule, not a tribe.

© 2026 Don't Pick a Side.
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