J. HUNTER JOHNSON LLC · INDEPENDENT CONSULTING

Practical help with software, AI, and data.

I’m J. Hunter Johnson. I help organizations build useful software, put AI to work, and make their data easier to trust.

THE WAY I WORK

Start with the problem.

Understand the goal and the people who need the result.

Make it concrete.

Turn the next useful step into something you can review.

Build for what comes next.

Keep maintenance, handoff, and everyday use in view.

01 / SERVICES

A clear problem. The right kind of help.

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Software & integrations

Build the missing piece. Improve what you have.

Custom programming, web development, and integrations for organizations with a practical problem to solve. Start with the people, the existing system, and what needs to work better.

02

AI adoption & training

Make AI useful in real work.

Find a suitable use case, prototype a workflow, and give people the training to use it thoughtfully. Define how outputs will be evaluated and where human judgment belongs.

03

Data architecture & modernization

Give your data a clearer foundation.

Make sense of fragmented data, plan better models and integrations, and approach legacy modernization with a clear picture of ownership, quality, and downstream needs.

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02 / SELECTED WORK

Practical problems. Thoughtful solutions.

Three examples across software, AI, and data—from community work and a product of my own.

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03 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PRACTICE

Senior experience. Personal involvement.

My background spans enterprise data architecture, consulting, software development, and AI adoption. Through J. Hunter Johnson LLC, I bring that experience to clearly scoped contract work.

You work directly with me. I’m based in the Dayton, Ohio area, with a long-standing interest in language, games, and how things fit together.

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A GOOD PLACE TO START

What are you working on?

Tell me what you want to accomplish, what is getting in the way, and any timing or constraints. We can discuss whether I can help.

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From the archive

A curious life, in writing.

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Technology, books, games, and notes along the way. The original writing stays part of the conversation.

Making Data Look Right Without Changing What It Says

In an orienteering mapping project, I wanted to review a GPS track and geotagged photographs against an existing map. No surprise: they didn’t line up neatly. I could move the track, but would the new position mean I had corrected a location, or just changed where I drew it? The mismatch alone couldn’t answer that. […]

Where Should the AI Agent Stop?

I’m developing a job-search application, and one of the useful questions has been where to stop helping. Helping someone describe their experience is useful but sending that description to an employer commits them to what it says. For this application, I want the person whose name is on the résumé to have the last word […]

The Side Dish of Doom

Open letter to the Internet: The incredible success of the potato salad Kickstarter is simply a modern example of performance art. Like the million dollar home page or the eBay-nanza of religious-icon toast before it, it won’t kill its medium (crowdfunding, web advertising, online auctions). No doom to say here, move along. —jhunterj