Hey, I'm Joey Barkley. Tennessee native, husband, father, and someone who's spent the last 26 years figuring out how to build software that actually works.

My career has wound through software QA, development, test automation, and cybersecurity engineering. These days, I'm deep into AI-assisted development - not the "type a prompt and hope for the best" kind, but exploring how to build effective LLM-powered agile teams that can tackle real enterprise problems. Think less "AI writes my code" and more "AI as a genuine collaborator in producing novel business solutions."

I'm a Christian, and everything in my life revolves around that - including how my wife and I have raised our family. I try to approach everything I do, work included, as service. I aim to bring glory to God in what I build and how I treat people, though I'm human and fall short more often than I'd like. Whatever I do, I try to do it wholeheartedly, as working for the Lord and not for men. That's the standard I hold myself to, even when I don't hit it.

Thanks for stopping by.