# barry (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover barry. Page: Feed: --- ## [The finest of standups](https://barryhennessy.com/writing/the-finest-of-standups/) _2026-03-24 · Software engineering is decision making on Barry Hennessy_ I have been in truly good standups. It was nice. I would like you all to have that experience too. Moreover I would like that you all can stop experiencing such limp-coffee standups. You know the ones. The perfunctory ones. The low energy ones. The norm . Have you held these beliefs? Be honest: Standups are to make sure we’re at our desks on time. Standups are to make sure nobody’s… ## [Flexibility and Discipline](https://barryhennessy.com/writing/flexibility-and-discipline/) _2026-01-09 · Software engineering is decision making on Barry Hennessy_ I’ve taken a few solid swings at picking up Clojure, but something just never quite clicked. I like the idea of it. I like the pitch of it. It very much tickles my engineering fancy. But I never got to that productive, smooth place. Then a few years ago it hit me: the thing getting in the way wasn’t Clojure. It was me. Since then I’ve seen the same pattern pop up throughout… ## [Automation Paradox - Original Draft](https://barryhennessy.com/logseq/bak/posts/2025-12-29-automation-paradox-original/2025-12-29t17_30_16.561z.desktop/) _2025-12-29 · Software engineering is decision making on Barry Hennessy_ link here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ashley-frieze\_heres-the-ai-fallacy-that-the-junkies-are-activity-7411011732246007808-jHRp?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=member\_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAlGRrEBiJl3WYxHcYWhKP0pz9RSvtCmRkU Software Engineers’ value is - roughly speaking - in automating processes - we make machines generate value 1 like tireless robotic hamsters in little virtual wheels.… ## [The Automation Paradox: How Software Engineers Create Their Own Commodities](https://barryhennessy.com/logseq/bak/posts/automation-paradox-software-engineers/2025-12-29t16_47_11.302z.desktop/) _2025-12-29 · Software engineering is decision making on Barry Hennessy_ The Irony of Automation in Software Engineering Software engineers create value by automating processes. We build systems that generate value tirelessly—like robotic hamsters in virtual wheels. But here’s the paradox: when a process becomes fully automated, it often transforms from a competitive advantage into a commodity. This isn’t just theoretical. It’s happening across our… ## [The Automation Paradox: When Making Things Easier Makes Them Worth Less](https://barryhennessy.com/logseq/bak/posts/2025-12-29-automation-paradox-software-engineers-moat/2025-12-29t17_13_26.273z.desktop/) _2025-12-29 · Software engineering is decision making on Barry Hennessy_ Software engineers automate processes. We make machines generate value\[^1\] like tireless robotic hamsters in little virtual wheels. Ironically, the moment a process gets fully automated, it becomes a commodity. Enough competitors automate it, and price gets dictated by supply/demand, not the value it creates. The Web Development Story Take web development from the early 2000s. If you knew HTML,… ## [The Automation Paradox: Why Software Engineers Create Their Own Commoditization](https://barryhennessy.com/logseq/bak/posts/2025-12-29-automation-paradox-software-engineering/2025-12-29t16_36_50.650z.desktop/) _2025-12-29 · Software engineering is decision making on Barry Hennessy_ Software engineers create value by automating processes. We build systems that generate value tirelessly, like robotic hamsters in virtual wheels. But here’s the cruel irony: when automation truly succeeds, it transforms skilled work into a commodity. This is the automation paradox, and it’s reshaping how we think about our craft. The Web Development Graveyard Remember when web… ## [Decision-Driven Development Retainer](https://barryhennessy.com/logseq/bak/services/decision-driven-development-retainer/2025-12-29t15_45_44.581z.desktop/) _2025-12-12 · Software engineering is decision making on Barry Hennessy_ Learn and apply Decision-Driven Development methodology through hands-on collaboration with guaranteed monthly hours. ## [The Automation Paradox](https://barryhennessy.com/writing/the-automation-paradox/) _2025-10-15 · Software engineering is decision making on Barry Hennessy_ Software engineers automate processes. We make machines generate value 1 like tireless robotic hamsters in little virtual wheels. Ironically, the moment a process gets fully automated, it becomes a commodity. Enough competitors automate it, and price gets dictated by supply/demand, not the value it creates. Take web development - once a killer money spinner. People couldn’t make websites,… ## [Kubrick, reality and art](https://twentiethcentury.substack.com/p/kubrick-reality-and-art) _2025-02-05 · Harry Lambert · Twentieth Century_ Barry Lyndon: not a melodrama. ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9pFNf7tPkIJv) _2025-02-05 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [\[Result-Focused Headline\]](https://barryhennessy.com/case-studies/plans/template-case-study/) _2025-01-15 · Software engineering is decision making on Barry Hennessy_ \[Result-Focused Headline\] Example: “How a Growing SaaS Company Reduced Infrastructure Costs by 60% While Improving Performance” The Situation Industry: \[e.g., FinTech, Healthcare, E-commerce\] Challenge: Brief description of what the client was facing from a business perspective (2-3 sentences). Focus on the problem they needed to solve and why it mattered to their business. The Problem…