The User Is Your Neighbor Too: What Jesus Means for Software Design
D Vandergraph
That makes it more than technical.
Jesus teaches Christians to love our neighbor.
In software, the user is often the neighbor.
That should change decisions.
Do not manipulate attention simply because you can.
Do not hide important information behind friction.
Do not treat privacy as an inconvenience.
Do not design harmful dependence and call it engagement.
A Christian developer may never put religious language in the product.
But Christ should still shape the ethics behind it.
Truth.
Service.
Humility.
Responsibility.
The code matters.
The person affected by the code matters more.
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