Jesus Belongs in the Ethics Behind the Code, Not Just Outside the Workplace
D Vandergraph
Inputs.
APIs.
Databases.
Interfaces.
Deployments.
But technical systems shape human lives.
That means Christian developers should ask moral questions too.
Does this product manipulate?
Does it respect privacy?
Does it make people dependent unnecessarily?
Does it tell the truth?
Does it exploit weakness because the metric rewards it?
Jesus taught love of neighbor.
In software, the user is often the neighbor.
That means Christian faith should affect design decisions, data choices, business rules, and the way we respond when something breaks.
We do not need religious language inside every application.
But Christ should be present in the character of the people building it.
Truth.
Service.
Humility.
Responsibility.
Technology is never only code once people begin living with the consequences.
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— Douglas Vandergraph